Phrasal verb become of someone/something (Definition of become from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of BECOME is to come into existence. How to use become in a sentence.
Become is a short single-player third-person adventure where you embark on life's most fantastical journey, as one of millions of sperm. Survive the perilous microcosm, wiggle, dash, and outcompete rivals through the human reproductive system to create new life.
Definition of become verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BECOME definition: to come, change, or grow to be (as specified). See examples of become used in a sentence.
Word forms: becomes , becoming , became language note: The form become is used in the present tense and is the past participle. If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- (copula) to come to be; develop or grow into: he became a monster. 2. (foll by of; usually used in a question) to fall to or be the lot (of); happen (to): what became of him?. 3. (tr) (of clothes, etc) to enhance the appearance of (someone); suit: that dress becomes you. 4. (tr) to be appropriate; befit: it ill becomes you to complain.
to come, change, or grow to be (as specified): He became tired. to come into being. look well on: That gown becomes you. to be suitable or necessary to the dignity, situation, or responsibility of: conduct that becomes an officer. be the fate of: What will become of him?