BECOME (became)

Pronunciation (US):

• BECOME (verb)
  The verb BECOME has 4 senses:

1. enter or assume a certain state or condition
2. undergo a change or development
3. come into existence
4. enhance the appearance of

  Familiarity information: BECOME used as a verb is uncommon.

• BECOME (verb)

Meaning:

Enter or assume a certain state or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

become; get; go

Context examples:

He became annoyed when he heard the bad news / It must be getting more serious / her face went red with anger / She went into ecstasy / Get going!

Hypernyms (to "become" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "become"):

sober; sober up (become sober after excessive alcohol consumption)

settle (become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet)

break (come into being)

take (be seized or affected in a specified way)

run (change from one state to another)

take effect (go into effect or become effective or operative)

work (arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion)

sober; sober up (become more realistic)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

John will become angry

Meaning:

Undergo a change or development

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

become; turn

Context examples:

The water turned into ice / Her former friend became her worst enemy / He turned traitor

Hypernyms (to "become" is one way to...):

metamorphose; transform; transmute (change in outward structure or looks)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "become"):

boil down; come down; reduce (be the essential element)

choke; suffocate (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled)

nucleate (form into a nucleus)

add up; amount; come (develop into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Come into existence

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

What becomes has duration

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "become"):

make (be or be capable of being changed or made into)

arise; bob up; come up (originate or come into being)

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise (come into existence; take on form or shape)

form; spring; take form; take shape (develop into a distinctive entity)

root (come into existence, originate)

come; occur (come to one's mind; suggest itself)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Enhance the appearance of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

become; suit

Context examples:

Mourning becomes Electra / This behavior doesn't suit you!

Hypernyms (to "become" is one way to...):

beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody