become
become Lexical Profile
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• verb
To begin to be or grow to be; to undergo a change or development into a specified state, condition, or role.
"After years of dedicated study and clinical training, she became a respected pediatrician."
To look attractive on or suit a person; to be appropriate or fitting for someone's character or status.
"That deep emerald jacket really becomes you, and such grace becomes a leader in your position."
To happen to or come to be the fate of someone or something (used with 'of' in questions or indirect clauses).
"Historians have long wondered what became of the lost manuscripts after the library was abandoned."
• Rhymes for become
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English becuman ('to happen, befall, arrive at'), formed from the prefix be- ('about') and cuman ('to come'). During the Middle English period, it displaced the older verb weorthan as the primary English copular verb expressing a change of state.