become
pronunciation
How to pronounce become in British English:
UK [bɪˈkʌm]
How to pronounce become in American English:
US [bɪˈkʌm]
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- Verb:
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- undergo a change or development
- come into existence
- enhance the appearance of
Word Origin
- become
- become: [OE] Become is a compound verb found in other Germanic languages (German bekommen, for instance, and Dutch bekomen), which points to a prehistoric Germanic source *bikweman, based on *kweman, source of English come. Originally it meant simply ‘come, arrive’, but the modern senses ‘come to be’ and ‘be suitable’ had developed by the 12th century. A parallel semantic development occurred in French: Latin dēvenīre meant ‘come’, but its modern French descendant devenir means ‘become’.=> come
- become (v.)
- Old English becuman "happen, come about," also "meet with, arrive," from Proto-Germanic *bikweman "become" (cognates: Dutch bekomen, Old High German biqueman "obtain," German bekommen, Gothic biquiman). A compound of be- and come; it drove out Old English weorðan. Meaning "to look well" is early 14c., from earlier sense of "to agree with, be fitting" (early 13c.).
Example
- 1. That has become a pattern .
- 2. But pcs have become commodities .
- 3. Please become a good leader .
- 4. The game would become lively .
- 5. How dependent have we become ?