| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| VERB | 1 | become, go, get | Enter or assume a certain state or condition |
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| 2 | become, turn | Undergo a change or development | |
| 3 | become | Come into existence | |
| 4 | become, suit | Enhance the appearance of |
| Sounds | bihkah'm |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, and 544 more rhymes in ahm at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | John will become angry |
| Synonyms | go, get |
| Narrower | sober up, sober; sober up, sober; work; take effect; run; take; break; settle; come |
| Broader | change state, turn |
| Meaning | Undergo a change or development. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | turn |
| Narrower | reduce, come down, boil down; suffocate, choke; nucleate; come, add up, amount |
| Broader | transform, transmute, metamorphose |
| Similar to | change state, turn; turn |
| Meaning | Come into existence. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "What becomes has duration" |
| Narrower | occur, come; root; form, take form, take shape, spring; originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow; arise, come up, bob up; make |
| Meaning | Enhance the appearance of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Mourning becomes Electra" |
| Synonyms | suit |
| Broader | beautify, embellish, prettify |