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Definition of become verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofbecomeverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary becomeverb OPALS /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theybecome /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/he/she/itbecomes /bɪˈkʌmz/ /bɪˈkʌmz/pastsimplebecame /bɪˈkeɪm/ /bɪˈkeɪm/pastparticiplebecome /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/-ingformbecoming /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/Idioms jumptootherresults  linkingverbtostarttobesomething+adj.Itsoonbecameapparentthatnoonewasgoingtocome.Itisbecomingincreasinglyclearthatsomethinghasgoneseriouslywrong.Whendidyoufirstbecomeawareoftheproblem?Itwasbecomingmoreandmoredifficulttoliveonhissalary.Shewasbecomingconfused.+nounShebecamequeenin1952.Thebillwillbecomelawnextyear.Overthelastfiveyearsshehasbecomepartofthefamily.HowcanIbecomeamemberofthesociety?She’sstudyingtobecomeateacher.Hisjobhasbecomehiswholelife.WhichWord?become/get/go/turnbecome/get/go/turnTheseverbsareusedfrequentlywiththefollowingadjectives:become~get~go~turn~involvedusedtowrongblueclearbetterrightsouraccustomedworsebadbadpregnantpregnantwhiteredextincttiredcrazycoldfamousangrybaldilldarkblindBecomeismoreformalthanget.Bothdescribechangesinpeople’semotionalorphysicalstate,ornaturalorsocialchanges.Goisusuallyusedfornegativechanges.Goandturnarebothusedforchangesofcolour.Turnisalsousedforchangesintheweather. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. [transitive,nopassive](notusedintheprogressivetenses)becomesomebody(formal)tobesuitableforsomebodySuchbehaviourdidnotbecomeher. [transitive,nopassive](notusedintheprogressivetenses)becomesomebody(formal)tolookattractiveonsomebodysynonymsuitShorthairreallybecomesyou.WordOriginOldEnglishbecuman‘cometoaplace,come(tobeordosomething)’(seebe-,come),ofGermanicorigin;relatedtoDutchbekomenandGermanbekommen‘get,receive’.Idiomswhatbecame,hasbecome,willbecomeofsomebody/something?usedtoaskwhathashappenedorwhatwillhappentosomebody/somethingWhatbecameofthatstudentwhousedtolivewithyou?Idreadtothinkwhatwillbecomeofthemiftheylosetheirhome.SeebecomeintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionaryCheckpronunciation: become Otherresults Allmatches be/becomeafigureoffun be,become,etc.outoftouch(withsomething) Idioms be/becomeafigureoffun be,become,etc.outoftouch(withsomething) Nearbywords beckonverb Becky becomeverb becomingadjective becquerelnoun justify verb     FromtheWordlist OPALwrittenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay