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BE-

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;

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: BE-

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Be The country code for Belgium. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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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)

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Modern Usage: BE-

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BE-

DomainTitle

Books

  • Valenz und Wortbildung : dargestellt am Beispiel der verbalen Prfixbildung mit be-, ent-, er-, miss-, ver-, zer- (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Mehkere Yerushalayim Be- Folklore Yehude = Jerusalem Studies In Jewish Folklore (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BE-

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BE-

Language Translations for "BE-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(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

   

Thai

  

ใกล้ (by, close, near, on). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: BE-

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old English450-1100

wiccian. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: BE-

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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.

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Alternative Orthography: BE-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

363915

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INDEX

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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