Bɪˈkʌm Live Verb Bre Difficult Salary Apparent Confused

• it was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary.
• it soon became apparent that no one was going to come.
• she was becoming confused.
• she became queen in 1952.

become

1. to start to be something
• It was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary.
• It soon became apparent that no one was going to come.
• She was becoming confused.
• She became queen in 1952.
• The bill will become law next year.
• She’s studying to become a teacher.
• His job has become his whole life.
2. to be suitable for somebody
• Such behaviour did not become her.
3. to look attractive on somebody
• synonym suit
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• Short hair really becomes you.
4. used to ask what has happened or what will happen to somebody/something
• What became of that student who used to live with you?
• I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they become
• he / she / it becomes
• past simple became
• past participle become
• -ing form becoming

Word Origin

• Old English becuman ‘come to a place, come (to be or do something)’ (see be-, come), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bekomen and German bekommen ‘get, receive’.