Become

Definition: Become

Become

Verb

1. Enter or assume a certain state or condition; "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!".

2. Undergo a change or development: "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor".

3. Come into existence; "What becomes has duration".

4. Enhance the appearance of: "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "become" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Become

Continuance in action

Verb: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.

Duty

Verb: be the duty of; be incumbent; Adjective: on, be responsible; Adjective: behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself; (promise); be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility; Noun: be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.

Crosswords: Become

And it's become more important to you than living (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

And the treacherous Dr Goodhead; your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Well, I couldn't afford a place like this in a million years unless, of course, I'm discovered and become a movie star (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.)

I had to go to prison to become a criminal (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

And you're, talking to me one on one but you've become (Complicated; performing artist: Avril Lavigne)

Nights of light so soon become (Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

They had become to doubt you (Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord; performing artist: Boney M)

Where I've become so numb (Bring Me to Life; performing artist: EVANESCENCE)

Has become a part of me (Jesus To A Child; performing artist: George Michael)

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Never let a problem become an excuse! (references; author: unknown)

Germinate: To become a naturalized German. (references; author: unknown)

You don't get old, you just become a classic. (references; author: unknown)

If you can't say something nice, become a reporter. (references; author: unknown)

Teach Yourself How to Become a Drag Queen 101 (2000)

Jake: Today I Become a Man (2000)

How to Become Famous (1999)

All Can Become a Rose (1992)

How to Become a Hollywood Stuntman (1991)

2 Become 1 (performing artist: Spice Girls)

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

Books

• Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are (reference)

• Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Survival - Learn to Become a Survivor in the Wild (reference)

• Reiki Master Attunement Become a Reiki Master (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Where Dreams Become Sunlight (reference)

• Become the Media (reference)

• Become You (reference)

• Since We've Become Translucent (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Brian Tracy's How to Become A Millionaire (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

1) 1904 view of American Oncologic Hospital the first precursor of Fox Chase Cancer Center. 2) 1927 view of Institute for Cancer Research founded in 1927 at Lankenau Research Hospital. The two organizations joined in 1966 to become Fox Chase Cancer Center. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Electron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HBV) which occurs in human warts. Warts on the hands and feet have never been known to progress to cancer. However, after many years cervical warts can become cancerous. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Line graph showing death rates from leading causes of death in persons aged 25-44 years, United States, 1982-1994. AIDS death rates steadily increased to become, in 1993, the leading cause of death in this age group. Credit: CDC.

Listeria monocytogenes is the infectious agent responsible for the food borne illness Listeriosis. In the United States, an estimated 2,500 persons become seriously ill with listeriosis each year. Of these, 500 die. Credit: CDC.

Freddie L. Jeffries First African-American C&GS officer Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Don Jones On the OCEANOGRAPHER Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Natural marsh area adjacent to dredged material deposition area - Open area will be colonized by plants and become productive habitat. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Flooding of low-lying areas by extreme high tides. If sea level continues its rise, such events will become increasingly common. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The net is now closing in a nearly perfect circle. The purse seiner is now starting to pull the net back on board. The workboat is seen to the left and is secured to the ship. It is now acting like a tugboat and is pulling the purse seiner away from the net so that it does not become entangled. Credit: Fisheries.

The Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea relatively low in nutrients and fishery productivity. It has become increasingly polluted owing to runoff by nutrients from waste disposal and agriculture. Catch of key species such as Black Sea anchovy has fallen, relecting environmental degradation. High exploitation levels have also depleted important stocks such as blue fin tuna and swordfish. Credit: Fisheries.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus the grass my horse has bit; the turfs my servant has cut; and the ore I have digged in any place, where I have a right to them in common with others, become my property, without the assignation or consent of any body. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. (reference)

If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. (reference)

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. (reference)

The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States; but happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. (reference)

The intellectual creations of individual nations become common property. (reference)

They shall be deemed to have become enemies from the date when such trading was prohibited or otherwise became unlawful. (reference)

What is needed is a settlement, and the longer this is delayed, the more difficult it will be and the greater our dangers will become. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. (reference)

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1893)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She hoped they might now become friends again

Right and Wrong had somehow been transformed into Gain and Loss, and Religion had become a sort of commercial transaction

Are you telling me, he said, "that you set yourself up to become President of the Galaxy just to steal that ship?

I had ceased to be a writer of tolerably poor tales and essays, and had become a tolerably good Surveyor of the Customs

The wheels were still sinking and it had now become almost impossible for Madeleine to extricate himself

In her arms he felt that he had suddenly become strong and fearless and sure of himself

Eugene: How am I going to become a writer if I don't know how to suffer

Grape blossoms shed their tiny petals and the hard little beads become green buttons, and the buttons grow heavy

By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasury of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation

I had a rare opportunity to become acquainted with their habits

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It may also become chronic. (references)

Become more physically active. (references)

Later it may become more general. (references)

Business

The auto industry has become a pillar industry in China. (references)

The sector has become marginalized in the European market. (references)

Pricing has of course become a critical competitive factor. (references)

Children

Slovak Republic

These children become wards of the state and are sent to orphanages. (references)

Zimbabwe

Many orphans are sent to foster homes, where they often become victims of sexual abuse. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The MVD reports that each year as many as 30 underage girls are kidnaped to become brides. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

However, education of Jewish children has become more difficult in recent years. (references)

Laos

The Front strongly encourages all other Protestant groups to become a part of the Lao Evangelical Church. (references)

Tunisia

New mosques may be built in accordance with national urban planning regulations but become the property of the State. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

Past criticism of the organization for passivity and for emphasizing conciliation instead of acting as a watchdog or pursuing court cases disappeared as the Commission has become increasingly activist in its approach. (references)

Economic History

Micronesia

English has become the common language. (references)

Norway

By 1586, Norway had become part of the Danish Kingdom. (references)

Human Rights

Angola

Court cases often become backlogged in judges' offices. (references)

Portugal

The bill also has provisions to reduce the time it takes a lawyer to become a judge. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Such facilities are intended to hold criminal detainees prior to trial but often become de facto prisons. (references)

Indigenous People

Brazil

The report also noted that, in the 500 years since discovery, 85 percent of native languages had become extinct. (references)

Nicaragua

Second, drug trafficking and drug money on the Atlantic coast have become far more pervasive than elsewhere in the country. (references)

Sri Lanka

Although many Veddas continue to pursue a traditional way of life, visits by tourists have become an important source of income for the community. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

Most are Muslim, although a number have become atheists or converted to Christianity. (references)

Slovak Republic

On June 20, Klara Orgovanova was elected to become the new Special Government Commissioner for Roma Issues. (references)

Korea

Without citizenship they cannot become public servants and may have difficulty being hired by some major corporations. (references)

Political Economy

Guyana

Protection of the environment has also become a political issue. (references)

ALGERIA

Eastern Europe has also become a major competitor in the region, especially in grains. (references)

EGYPT

Private firms have also become active in airport upgrades and BOT airports in remote areas. (references)

Political Rights

Maldives

Women are not eligible to become president but may hold other government posts. (references)

Australia

In November 1999, voters rejected a referendum to amend the Constitution to become a republic. (references)

Maldives

Debate on the floor since the question period was instituted has become increasingly sharp and open. (references)

Trade

Australia

The benefits of this tariff reduction program have become clear. (references)

Zambia

Several companies have undertaken to become certified to ISO 9000. (references)

Kenya

So far 18 NBFIS have become banks and six merged with parent commercial banks. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Student demonstrations in Nairobi have become increasingly common. (references)

Pakistan

Rents for office space above ground level become progressively lower. (references)

Ghana

The Sprint access code is 01900. Call Back Services have also become popular. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Some companies require women to sign statements that they do not intend to become pregnant. (references)

Tanzania

Under Zanzibari law, unmarried women under the age of 21 who become pregnant are subject to 2 years' imprisonment. (references)

Tuvalu

Domestic violence is rising, but it is still relatively infrequent and has not become a source of societal concern. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

Many become brides, but some work in the sex industry. (references)

Burma

Child labor has become increasingly prevalent and visible. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Foreign workers may not form or become members of labor committees. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "become": become a believer ♦ become a byword ♦ become a byword for smth. ♦ become a cabbage ♦ become a catholic ♦ become a glut on the market ♦ become a household name ♦ become a jew ♦ become a judge ♦ become a major ♦ become a member ♦ become a monk ♦ become a nun ♦ become a prey to ♦ become a prostitute ♦ become a reality ♦ become a scholar ♦ become a slave ♦ become a teacher ♦ become a town dweller ♦ become a vampire ♦ become a widow ♦ become a widower ♦ become a worry to smb. ♦ become a zombie ♦ become absolute ♦ become absorbed ♦ become acclimatized ♦ become acclimatized to ♦ become accomplished ♦ become accustomed ♦ become acquainted ♦ become acquainted with ♦ become addicted ♦ become addled ♦ become adipose ♦ become adult ♦ become afraid ♦ become again ♦ become agitated ♦ become airborne ♦ become alarmed ♦ become alienated ♦ become an adult ♦ become an ascetic ♦ become an expert ♦ become an orphan ♦ become angry ♦ become animated ♦ become annoyed ♦ become apathetic ♦ become apparent ♦ become appeased ♦ become arrogant ♦ become attached ♦ become attached to ♦ become aware ♦ become aware of ♦ become aware of smth. ♦ become bald ♦ become bankrupt ♦ become bare ♦ become battered ♦ become beautiful ♦ become betrothed ♦ become bigger ♦ become bitter ♦ become black ♦ become blind ♦ become bloated ♦ become blocked ♦ become blocked up ♦ become blocked with phlegm ♦ become blue ♦ become blunt ♦ become blurred ♦ become boisterous ♦ become bourgeois ♦ become bronze ♦ become bronzed ♦ become brown ♦ become brutalized ♦ become calm ♦ become carbonized ♦ become cheap ♦ become cheaper ♦ become cheerful ♦ become childless ♦ become choked ♦ become choosy ♦ become christian ♦ become citified ♦ become citizen ♦ become clear ♦ become clever ♦ become clogged ♦ become cloudy ♦ become coarsened ♦ become cocky ♦ become cold ♦ become colder. Additional references.

Beginning with "become": become-i.

Ending with "become": etc-become, will-become.

Containing "become": meditation-become-poem, speech-become-song.

Afrikaans

word (come about, get, grow, happen, is), raak (come about, get, grow, happen). (various references)

Albanian

bëhem (fly into, get, grow, make, ripen, wax), përshtatëm, ngjet (come, fall out, happen, transpire), ndodh (befall, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, eventuate, exist, fall, fall out, hap, happen, occur, pass, set, transpire), mbetem (abide, be left, fail, hang over, keep, linger, remain, stay), më shkon (beseem, fit), më rri mirë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏لاق ب (befit), ‏حل (acquit, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏أصبح (be, fall, go, turn into, turn off, turn out, wax). (various references)

Blackfoot

wa'si (to become). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ставам (arise, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get, get up, grow, intervene, occur, pass, proceed, pull up, rise, roll out, run, stand, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), случвам (hit), бивам (be, come), приличам на (favour, resemble, smell of, take after), подхождам (agree, approach, assort, befit, beseem, conform, do, fit, match, sit, sort), подобавам (befit, behoove, beseem, pertain). (various references)

Chinese 

成为 (Became, Becoming), 成 (accomplish, complete, finish, one tenth, succeed, turn into, win). (various references)

Czech

stát se (come, come about, get, grow, happen, join, occur, pass). (various references)

Danish

ske (come about, grow, happen, occur, spoon), blive (abide, come about, get, grow, happen, remain, stay, stay over). (various references)

Dutch

worden (are, arise, be, come about, get, grow, happen, to be), goed staan. (various references)

Esperanto

iĝi (get, grow), fariĝi (come about, grow, happen), aspektigi bona. (various references)

Estonian

tutvuda (to become acquainted). (various references)

Faeroese

verða (come about, get, grow, happen), gerast (come about, get, grow, happen). (various references)

Farsi 

مناسب بودن (Able, Assort, Befit, Seem, Suit), تحویل یافتن , زیبنده بودن , امدن به , شدن (Be, Branch, Grow, Lapse, Wind), درخوربودن (Befit), برازیدن (Befit). (various references)

Finnish

tulla joksikin (get, grow), tulla (come, get, get arrive, grow), ruveta joksikin, muodostua joksikin (grow into, turn into), käydä joksikin (get, grow). (various references)

French

devenir (be). (various references)

Frisian

wurde (get, grow). (various references)

German

werden (arise, be, be going to be, becoming, come about, development, fall, get, go, grow, happen, to become, to flush, turn, turn into, wax, will). (various references)

Greek 

γίνομαι (come, get, grow, take place, wax), αρμόζω (be proper, befit, belong, beseem, suit). (various references)

Hebrew 

להיות ל- (serve for), להיות (be, come to pass, exist, happen), להתבסס (be based, settle down), להעשות (be done, be performed, grow), לההפך (be changed, be destroyed, turn into). (various references)

Hungarian

lesz (came, come, come about, get, grow, happen, made, to come, to liberalize, to make, to rise from the ranks, will be). (various references)

Icelandic

verða (come about, get, grow, happen). (various references)

Indonesian

menjadi, menggejala (be indicated), mengasap (cure, scent, smoke). (various references)

Italian

venni (appear, appearance, come, comes, emerge, get, grow, narrow), venire (arrive, be, be due, be owed, come, come out, come to, cost, derive, descend from, get, have got, occur, send, step, to come, venire), stare bene a, farsi (come, get, make oneself, to make oneself, wax), essere (be, being, condition, cost, creature, exist, existence, get, happen, have, human, to be, Wight), diventare (be, get, go, grow, make, make oneself, run, turn), divenire (burgeon, get, grow, turn, wax), convenirsi, confarsi (agree, fit, suit), ambientarsi (become accustomed, get acclimatized, settle in), addirsi (suit), acclimarsi (become accustomed). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

酔う (to become intoxicated, to get drunk), 膨らむ (to become inflated, to expand, to get big, to swell out), 赴く (to become, to go, to proceed, to repair to), 衰える (to, to abate, to become weak, to decline, to wear), 現れる (to appear, to become visible, to come in sight), 絶える (to become extinct, to die out, to peter out), 焦れる (to become irritated, to chafe, to fret, to get impatient), 湿る (to be damp, to be wet, to become wet), 澄む (to become transparent, to clear), 浮く (to become loose, to become merry, to float), 明ける (to become daylight, to dawn), 濁る (to become muddy, to get impure), 成る (to become), 冷める (to abate, to become cool, to subside, to wear off), 太る (plump, to become fat, to grow fat stout). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あからむ (to become luminous at dawn, to become red, to blush, to redden), だんぜつ (become extinct, break off, cease to exist), いろめく (to be stirred, to be tinged, to become excited, to brighten, to colour, to grow lively), いやまさる (to become still greater), いちにんまえになる (to become fully qualified, to come of age), こどもをはらむ (to become pregnant, to conceive), こげつく (to become uncollectable, to get burned and stuck on), こえがかすれる (to become hoarse), あおざめる (to become pale), あがる (to accrue, to advance, to appreciate, to be captured, to be offered, to be promoted, to become prosperous, to call on, to climb up, to enter, to go up, to improve, to rise), いりこむ (to become complicated, to come into, to get in, to go into, to penetrate, to step in), あぶらじみる (to be oil-stained, to become greasy), いりくむ (to be or become complicated), あかじみる (to become grimy or dirty), あかちゃける (to become discolored, to turn reddish-brown, to turn rufous), あわてる (to become confused), あらわれる (to appear, to become visible, to come in sight, to come out, to embody, to express oneself, to materialize), あける (to become daylight, to dawn, to empty, to open), あく (evil, harsh taste, lye, puckery juice, to be less crowded, to become empty, to become open, to dawn, to open, wickedness), むしがつく (to be infested with insects, to become verminous, to begin to keep bad company, to have anlover), むきになる (to become serious, to take somethingseriously), むくれる (to become angry or sullen), あきらかになる (to be made public, to become clear), せっか (become communistic, fan-tailed warbler, flash, flint fire, fossilization, mineralization, petrifaction, snowflakes, Sovietize, the Red Peril, turning red), つぶだつ (to become grainy), つっぱる (to become stiff, to become taut, to insist on, to stick to, to support, to thrust), つむ (spindle, to become fine, to pick, to pile up, to pluck, to stack, to trim), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit), ほつれる (to become frayed, to become loose), ほろりとする (to be moved to tears, to be touched by, to become sentimental), にぶる (to become blunt, to become less capable, to grow dull, to weaken), につく (to be like, to become, to match well, to suit), にごる (to become muddy, to get impure), いろめきたつ (to become excited), せきをおく (to become a member), ゆるむ (to become loose, to slacken), せんえいか (become a radical, radicalization), かたくなる (to become stiff, to tense), かたまる (to become certain, to become firm, to harden, to solidify), かする (to be reduced, to become blurred, to change into, to convert into, to exploit, to graze, to impose, to improve, to inflict, to influence, to squeeze, to take a percentage, to touch lightly, to transform), かきくもる (to become overcast), かびる (to become moldy or musty), かっきづく (to become active, to become animated, to liven up), かんむりをまげる (to become displeased, to get stubborn), いなおる (to become aggressive, to sit up properly straight), にあう (to be like, to become, to match, to suit), はるをうる (to become a prostitute), みごもる (to become pregnant), みをよせる (to become a dependent on, to live under another's roof), へそをまげる (to become perverse, to get angry), はなやぐ (to become brilliant). (various references)

Korean 

되는. (various references)

Manx

cheet dy ve. (various references)

Maya

ee'-same'enchah (to become night). (various references)

Norwegian

bli (be, come about, get, grow, happen, stay). (various references)

Papiamen

bira (come about, get, grow, happen). (various references)

Pig Latin

ecomebay.(various references)

Polish

zostać (get, grow), stawać się (come about, get, grow, happen). (various references)

Portuguese

vir a ser (get, turn), tornar-se (becoming, bulb, come, get, go, grow, nationalize), tornado (tornado, twister), parecer bem, convir (agree, befit, behoove, beseem, covenant, do, like, ought, suit), começar a ser, calhar bem, acontecer (become of, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, cut in, ensue, eventuate, fare, get, grow, happen, intervene, occur, take place, transpire). (various references)

Romanian

deveni (come, come about, come of, get, go, go public, grow, happen, pass into, run, wax). (various references)

Romansch

daventar (to become). (various references)

Russian