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Definitions: BE- |
BE-1. To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around). 2. To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for). 3. To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir. 4. A prefix, originally the same word as by; |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Be |
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Crosswords: BE- |
| English words defined with "BE-": Bi-. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BE-": Pigeon, Pigeons. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BE-": Begrave, Behalf, Belike, Bemaze, Besit, Besprent, Bestraught, Beteem, Bewreke, Bewrought. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hey, I happen to be- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Emily, if I do change, and make a big improvement could you be- I mean, would you be-? (Our Town; writing credit: Thornton Wilder) | |
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| "BE-" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BE-" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BE-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 是 (ARE, be, Been, Being, IS, Is-, Was, Were, Yes). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ρηματικό πρόθεμα. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | meg-, el-. (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 있다 (IS). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | e-bay ใกล้ (by, close, near, on). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | wiccian. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: be. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e" | |
+1 letter: bed, bee, beg, bel, ben, bet, bey, bye, deb, ebb, neb, obe, reb, web. | |
+2 letters: abbe, abed, abet, able, abye, babe, bade, bake, bale, bane, bare, base, bate, bead, beak, beam, bean, bear, beat, beau, beck, beds, bedu, beef, been, beep, beer, bees, beet, begs, bell, bels, belt, bema, bend, bene, bens, bent, berg, berm, best, beta, beth, bets, bevy, beys, bice, bide, bier, bike, bile, bine, bise, bite, bize, blae, bleb, bled, blet, blew, blue, bode, bole, bone, bore, brae, bred, bree, bren, brew, brie, bute, byes, byre, byte, cube, debs, debt, ebbs, ebon, gibe, gybe, hebe, herb, ibex, jibe, jube, kerb, kibe, lobe, lube, mabe, nabe, nebs, obes, obey, oboe, pleb, rebs, robe, rube, sabe, tube, unbe, verb, vibe, webs, zebu. | |
+3 letters: abase, abate, abbes, abbey, abeam, abele, abets, abide, abler, ables, abode, above, abuse, abyes, acerb, adobe, amber, amble, ameba, ardeb, baaed, babel, babes, badge, bagel, baize, baked, baker, bakes, baled, baler, bales, baned, banes, barbe, barde, bared, barer, bares, barge, barre, barye, based, baser, bases, baste, bated, bates, bathe, bayed, beach, beads, beady, beaks, beaky, beams, beamy, beano, beans, beard, bears, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, beaux, bebop, becap, becks, bedel, bedew, bedim, beech, beefs, beefy, beeps, beers, beery, beets, befit, befog, began, begat, beget, begin, begot, begum, begun, beige, beigy, being, belay, belch, belga, belie, belle, bells, belly, below, belts, bemas, bemix, bench, bends, bendy, benes, benne, benni, benny, bents, beret, bergs, berme, berms, berry, berth, beryl, beset, besom, besot, bests, betas, betel, beths, beton, betta, bevel, bevor, bewig, bezel, bezil, bible, bices, bided, bider, bides, bidet, bield, biers, biked, biker, bikes, bikie, biles, bilge, bines, binge, biome, biped, birle, birse, bises, biter, bites, bizes, blade, blame, blare, blase, blate, blaze, bleak, blear, bleat, blebs, bleed, bleep, blend, blent, bless, blest, blets, blite, bloke, blued, bluer, blues, bluet, bluey, blume, blype, bocce, boche, boded, bodes, bogey, bogie, bogle, bohea, boite, boles, bombe, boned, boner, bones, boney, bonne, bonze, booed, booze, bored, borer, bores, borne, botel, boule, bouse, bowed, bowel, bower, bowse, boxed, boxer, boxes, brace, braes, brake, brave, braze, bread, break, bream, brede, breed, brees, brens, brent, breve, brews, bribe, bride, brief, brier, bries, brine, broke, brome, brose, brume, brute, budge, bugle, bulge, buret, burke, burse, bused, buses, buteo, butes, butle, butte, buyer, byres, bytes, caber, cable, cebid, ceiba, celeb, coble, combe, cubeb, cubed, cuber, cubes, daube, debar, debit, debts, debug, debut, debye, demob, derby, dobie, dweeb, ebbed, ebbet, ebons, ebony, elbow, embar, embay, embed, ember, embow, exurb, fable, fiber, fibre, gable, gambe, gibed, giber, gibes, gleba, glebe, globe, grebe, gybed, gybes, hebes, herbs, herby, imbed, imbue, inbye, jambe, jebel, jibed, jiber, jibes, jubes, kebab, kebar, kebob, kerbs, kibbe, kibei, kibes, label, leben, libel, liber, lobed, lobes, lubed, lubes, mabes, maybe, nabes, noble, obeah, obeli, obese, obeys, objet, oboes, obole, omber, ombre, orbed, plebe, plebs, probe, pubes, rebar, rebbe, rebec, rebel, rebid, rebop, rebus, rebut, rebuy, redub, rehab, ribes, robed, robes, roble, rubes, ruble, sabed, saber, sabes, sable, sabre, sebum, sober, suber, taber, tabes, table, thebe, tribe, tubae, tubed, tuber, tubes, umbel, umber, upbye, verbs, vibes, webby, weber, xebec, yerba, zebec, zebra, zebus, zibet, zineb. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363915 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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