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become
Overview of verb become
The verb become has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (333) become, go, get -- (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. (222) become, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor")
3. (5) become -- (come into existence; "What becomes has duration")
4. become, suit -- (enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!")
Antonyms of verb become
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb become
4 senses of become
Sense 1
become, go, get
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 2
become, turn
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> change
Sense 3
become
Sense 4
become, suit
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb become
3 of 4 senses of become
Sense 1
become, go, get
=> sober up, sober
=> sober up, sober
=> work
=> take effect
=> run
=> take
=> break
=> settle
Sense 2
become, turn
=> reduce, come down, boil down
=> suffocate, choke
=> nucleate
=> come, add up, amount
Sense 3
become
=> occur, come
=> root
=> form, take form, take shape, spring
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
=> arise, come up, bob up
=> make
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb become
4 senses of become
Sense 1
become, go, get
=> change state, turn
Sense 2
become, turn
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
Sense 3
become
Sense 4
become, suit
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
'Cause To' of verb become
Derived Forms of verb become
Domain of verb become
Domain Terms of verb become
Familiarity of verb become
become used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb become
4 senses of become
Sense 1
become, go, get
EX: John will become angry
Sense 2
become, turn
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
become
*> Something ----s
Sense 4
become, suit
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb become
3 of 4 senses of become
Sense 1
become, go, get
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 2
become, turn
> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> aurify
=> become, turn
Sense 4
become, suit
> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> groom, neaten
=> dress, groom, curry
=> dress up, window-dress
=> spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> become, suit
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb become
Sense 1
become, go, get
=> change state, turn
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Sense 2
become, turn
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
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Sense 3
become
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Sense 4
become, suit
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
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Grep of verb become
become
become flat
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