"becoming" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [UK], /bɪˈkʊm.ɪŋɡ/ [UK], /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [US], /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-becoming.ogg [US] Forms: more becoming [comparative], most becoming [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} becoming (comparative more becoming, superlative most becoming)
  1. pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful Translations (pleasingly suitable): ἱκανός (hikanós) (Ancient Greek), պատշաճ (patšač) (Armenian), подходящ (podhodjašt) (Bulgarian), подобаващ (podobavašt) (Bulgarian), sopiva (Finnish), passend (German), gut stehend (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆 (gadōf) (Gothic), ταιριαστό (tairiastó) (Greek), előnyös (Hungarian), jól álló (Hungarian), való (Hungarian), feiliúnach (Irish), fóirsteanach (Irish), maisiúil (Irish), mas (Irish), oiriúnach (Irish), 似合う (niau) (Japanese), consentaneus (Latin), twarzowy (Polish), apropriado (Portuguese), adequado (Portuguese), favorável (Portuguese), klädsam (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-becoming-en-adj-tffsoKnm Disambiguation of 'pleasingly suitable': 96 4
  2. decent, respectable Translations (decent, respectable): décent(e) [feminine, masculine] (French), respectable [feminine, masculine] (French), anständig (German), geziemend (German), illő (Hungarian), ildomos (Hungarian), méltó (Hungarian), helyénvaló (Hungarian), decente (Portuguese), respeitável (Portuguese), klädsam (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-becoming-en-adj-nVUq7QKI Disambiguation of 'decent, respectable': 3 97

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [UK], /bɪˈkʊm.ɪŋɡ/ [UK], /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [US], /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-becoming.ogg [US] Forms: becomings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} becoming (usually uncountable, plural becomings)
  1. (chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (The act or process by which something becomes): صَيْرُورَة (ṣayrūra) [feminine] (Arabic), ভবন (bhobon) (Bengali), esdevenir (Catalan), tilblivelse [common-gender] (Danish), devenir (French), Werden [neuter] (German), valamivé levés (Hungarian), alakulás (Hungarian), létesülés (Hungarian), keletkezés (Hungarian), divenire [masculine] (Italian), devir (Portuguese), devenir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-becoming-en-noun-Zbr5hE5x Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [UK], /bɪˈkʊm.ɪŋɡ/ [UK], /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [US], /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-becoming.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} becoming
  1. present participle and gerund of become Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: become
    Sense id: en-becoming-en-verb-08hSyizk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 2 18 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 2 17 55

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        {
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          "text": "By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […]",
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        }
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        "(chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes."
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        "UK"
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        "UK"
      ]
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣayrūra",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صَيْرُورَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bhobon",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "ভবন"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "esdevenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tilblivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "devenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "valamivé levés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "alakulás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "létesülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "keletkezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divenire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "devir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
      "word": "devenir"
    }
  ],
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    "becoming"
  ],
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}

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      "word": "unbecoming"
    }
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    "English nouns",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmɪŋ",
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "more becoming",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most becoming",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Lucy Caldwell, These Days, Faber",
          "text": "This is our latest, said the salesgirl. Victory Red. Or here I've Carmine, which is very becoming on sallower skin like yours, so it is. If you don't mind me saying.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful"
      ],
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          "pleasing"
        ],
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
        [
          "fit",
          "fit"
        ],
        [
          "congruous",
          "congruous"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "decent, respectable"
      ],
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          "respectable"
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      ]
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        "US"
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    },
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patšač",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "պատշաճ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podhodjašt",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "подходящ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podobavašt",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "подобаващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "sopiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "passend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "gut stehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gadōf",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tairiastó",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "ταιριαστό"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hikanós",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "ἱκανός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "előnyös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "jól álló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "való"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "feiliúnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "fóirsteanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "maisiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "mas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "oiriúnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "niau",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "似合う"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "consentaneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "twarzowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "apropriado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "adequado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "favorável"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pleasingly suitable",
      "word": "klädsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "décent(e)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "respectable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "anständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "geziemend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "illő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "ildomos"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "méltó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "helyénvaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "decente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "respeitável"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "decent, respectable",
      "word": "klädsam"
    }
  ],
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    "becoming"
  ],
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}

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