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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "become of"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "become one flesh"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "become one with one's inner self"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷem-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "be-",
"3": "come"
},
"expansion": "be- + come",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "becomen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English becomen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "bicumen"
},
"expansion": "bicumen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "becuman",
"t": "to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit"
},
"expansion": "Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bikwemaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to come around, come about, come across, come by"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "be",
"3": "come",
"t1": "about, around"
},
"expansion": "be- (“about, around”) + come",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "becum",
"3": "",
"4": "to come, arrive, reach a destination"
},
"expansion": "Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "bekommen"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian bekommen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "bykommen",
"3": "",
"4": "to come by, obtain, receive"
},
"expansion": "bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "bikomme",
"3": "",
"4": "to come by, obtain, receive"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bekomen",
"3": "",
"4": "to come by, obtain, receive"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bekommen",
"3": "",
"4": "to get, receive, obtain"
},
"expansion": "German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "bekomma",
"3": "",
"4": "to receive, concern"
},
"expansion": "Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽",
"3": "",
"4": "to come upon one, befall"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cweme"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cweme",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "icweme"
},
"expansion": "icweme",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "queem"
},
"expansion": "queem",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A compound of the sources of be- + come.\nFrom Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of \"befit, suit\" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "becomes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "becoming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "became",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "become",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "becomen",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"participle",
"past",
"rare"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "becomes",
"2": "becoming",
"3": "became",
"4": "become",
"past_ptc2": "becomen",
"past_ptc2_qual": "rare, dialectal"
},
"expansion": "become (third-person singular simple present becomes, present participle becoming, simple past became, past participle become or (rare, dialectal) becomen)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"be‧come"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She became a doctor when she was 25.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The sense ‘state or process of bearing fruit’ has become imposed on fruition as the 20c. proceeded.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
"text": "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"begin to be; turn into."
],
"id": "en-become-en-verb-5RKmeW4A",
"links": [
[
"copulative",
"copular verb"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
],
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"turn into",
"turn into"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(copulative) begin to be; turn into."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "get"
},
{
"word": "turn"
},
{
"word": "go"
}
],
"tags": [
"copulative"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bëhem"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "mähon",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "መሆን"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣāra",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "صَارَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṣbaḥa",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "أَصْبَحَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "báʔa",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بقى"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "báʔet",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "بقت"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "báʔu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"plural"
],
"word": "بقو"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "báʔom",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"plural"
],
"word": "بقم"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "daṙnal",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "դառնալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "payeš",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ܦܵܝܹܫ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "olmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "bqi",
"lang": "Bakhtiari",
"roman": "awiðen",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "اویدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bihurtu"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bilakatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "stanavícca",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "станаві́цца"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "stacʹ",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "стаць"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stavam",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ставам"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slučvam se",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "случвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hprac",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ဖြစ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "esdevenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "nigalisdiha",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéng",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成為"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngwéi",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成为"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "...了 (...le) (change of state particle)",
"sense": "to begin to be"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "olmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "bolmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "stát se"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "deventur"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "blive"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "worden"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "iĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ekesti"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "muutuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "saama"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "verða"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "blíva"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"with-translative"
],
"word": "tulla"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "(to become + a negative adjective) äityä",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"with-negative-adj",
"with-translative"
]
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaxdoma",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "გახდომა"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "werden"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gínomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "γίνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gígnomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "γίγνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gínomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Ionic",
"Koine"
],
"word": "γίνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hafákh",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "הפך"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bannā",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "बनना"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ho jānā",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "हो जाना"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "lesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "verða"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "divenar"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "menjadi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "éirigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "diventare"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... ni naru",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "...になる"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... to naru",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "...となる"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"alt": "なる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naru",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成る"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "xqa",
"lang": "Karakhanid",
"roman": "bolmāq",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "بُلْماقْ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bolu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "болу"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "klaay",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ក្លាយ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɨw ciə",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ទៅជា"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "kok",
"lang": "Konkani",
"roman": "zāvce",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "जांव्चे"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doeda",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "되다"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "boluu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "болуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "fazerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "azerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kāi",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ກາຽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tikt"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "atsarast"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "pasadareit"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "palikt"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "fiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "exsisto"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "kļūt"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tapt"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tikt"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "waere"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tapti"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1 1",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
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"ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
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"text": "What became of him after he was let go?",
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"ref": "1930, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 7",
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"(transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone)."
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"transitive"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
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"code": "am",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "መሆን"
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "դառնալ"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ставам"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "случвам се"
},
{
"code": "my",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ဖြစ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "esdevenir"
},
{
"code": "chr",
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"roman": "nigalisdiha",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "chéng",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成為"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "stát se"
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"code": "dlm",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "deventur"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "blive"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"code": "eo",
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},
{
"code": "eo",
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},
{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "muutuma"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "saama"
},
{
"code": "fo",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "verða"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "blíva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"with-translative"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"note": "(to become + a negative adjective) äityä",
"sense": "to begin to be",
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"with-translative"
]
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaxdoma",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "გახდომა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "werden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gínomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "γίνομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gígnomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "γίγνομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gínomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
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"word": "γίνομαι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "הפך"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bannā",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "बनना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ho jānā",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "हो जाना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "lesz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "verða"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "divenar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "menjadi"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "éirigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "diventare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... ni naru",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "...になる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... to naru",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "...となる"
},
{
"alt": "なる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naru",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "成る"
},
{
"code": "xqa",
"lang": "Karakhanid",
"roman": "bolmāq",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "بُلْماقْ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bolu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "болу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "klaay",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ក្លាយ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɨw ciə",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ទៅជា"
},
{
"code": "kok",
"lang": "Konkani",
"roman": "zāvce",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "जांव्चे"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doeda",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "되다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "boluu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "болуу"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "fazerse"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "azerse"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kāi",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ກາຽ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tikt"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "atsarast"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "pasadareit"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "palikt"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "fiō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "exsisto"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "kļūt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tapt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tikt"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "waere"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tapti"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "k̇aay",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ᦂᦻ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stane",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стане"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "semakin"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "menjadi"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "sar"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "ombi",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ᠣᠮᠪᡳ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "haere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "whanatu"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bolox",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "болох"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bolqu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "yileeh"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "bannu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "बन्नु"
},
{
"code": "frr",
"lang": "North Frisian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Mooring"
],
"word": "wårde"
},
{
"code": "frr",
"lang": "North Frisian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Föhr-Amrum"
],
"word": "wurd"
},
{
"code": "frr",
"lang": "North Frisian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Helgoland"
],
"word": "wür"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "verta"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "stati",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "стати"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "weorþan"
},
{
"code": "ofs",
"lang": "Old Frisian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "wertha"
},
{
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "dadi"
},
{
"alt": "b¹ul¹ /bol-/",
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "𐰉𐰆𐰞"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "olmaq",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "اولمق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šodan",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "شدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zostawać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stawać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "tornar-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "virar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "transformar-se em"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ficar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "deveni"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stanovítʹsja",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "станови́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "statʹ",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "стать"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "becum"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "wirth"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "fàs"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "постати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "postati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "stať sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "postati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "volverse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "hacerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "convertirse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "llegar a ser"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "magíng"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šudan",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "шудан"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "āku",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ஆகு"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "bulırga",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "булырга"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "agu",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "అగు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glaai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "กลาย"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "chags",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ཆགས"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "klutk-"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "kamap"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "olmak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "bolmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "staváty",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "става́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "státy",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ста́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ho jānā",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ہو جانا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "bolmaq",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "بولماق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "boʻlmoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "trở nên"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "trở thành"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "vedön"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "mynd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "dod"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "wurde"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "buol",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "буол"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vern",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "ווערן"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sazel",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "սազել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "yaraşmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "priličam",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "приличам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhoždam",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "подхождам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otivam",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "отивам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "escaure"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "passe godt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "pukea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "aller bien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "stehen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prépō",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "πρέπω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éoika",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "ἔοικα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hiknéomai",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"with-accusative"
],
"word": "ἱκνέομαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "illik"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "niau",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "似合う"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "kle"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "cair bem em"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "idtí",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "идти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "godítʹsja",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "годи́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podobátʹ",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подоба́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxodítʹ",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prilíčestvovatʹ",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прили́чествовать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sootvétstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "соотве́тствовать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "priličiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "quedar bien"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "klä"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "passa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to begin to be",
"word": "yakışmak"
}
],
"word": "become"
}
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"path": [
"become"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "become",
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"msg": "become/English/verb: 'word' should be a non-empty string (it is a mandatory field): {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"note\": \"...\\u4e86 (...le) (change of state particle)\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\"}: {\"categories\": [\"Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations\", \"English 2-syllable words\", \"English class 4 strong verbs\", \"English copulative verbs\", \"English entries with incorrect language header\", \"English entries with language name categories using raw markup\", \"English irregular past participles\", \"English irregular verbs\", \"English lemmas\", \"English raising verbs\", \"English terms derived from Middle English\", \"English terms derived from Old English\", \"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic\", \"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European\", \"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-\", \"English terms inherited from Middle English\", \"English terms inherited from Old English\", \"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic\", \"English terms prefixed with be-\", \"English terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"English terms with audio links\", \"English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax\", \"English verbs\", \"Rhymes:English/ʌm\", \"Rhymes:English/ʌm/2 syllables\"], \"derived\": [{\"word\": \"become of\"}, {\"word\": \"become one flesh\"}, {\"word\": \"become one with one's inner self\"}], \"etymology_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"ine-pro\", \"3\": \"*gʷem-\"}, \"expansion\": \"\", \"name\": \"root\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"be-\", \"3\": \"come\"}, \"expansion\": \"be- + come\", \"name\": \"af\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"enm\", \"3\": \"becomen\"}, \"expansion\": \"Middle English becomen\", \"name\": \"inh\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"enm\", \"2\": \"bicumen\"}, \"expansion\": \"bicumen\", \"name\": \"m\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"ang\", \"3\": \"becuman\", \"t\": \"to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit\"}, \"expansion\": \"Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”)\", \"name\": \"inh\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"gem-pro\", \"3\": \"*bikwemaną\", \"4\": \"\", \"5\": \"to come around, come about, come across, come by\"}, \"expansion\": \"Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”)\", \"name\": \"inh\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"be\", \"3\": \"come\", \"t1\": \"about, around\"}, \"expansion\": \"be- (“about, around”) + come\", \"name\": \"prefix\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"sco\", \"2\": \"becum\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to come, arrive, reach a destination\"}, \"expansion\": \"Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"frr\", \"2\": \"bekommen\"}, \"expansion\": \"North Frisian bekommen\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"frr\", \"2\": \"bykommen\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to come by, obtain, receive\"}, \"expansion\": \"bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”)\", \"name\": \"m\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"fy\", \"2\": \"bikomme\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to come by, obtain, receive\"}, \"expansion\": \"West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"nl\", \"2\": \"bekomen\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to come by, obtain, receive\"}, \"expansion\": \"Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"de\", \"2\": \"bekommen\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to get, receive, obtain\"}, \"expansion\": \"German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"sv\", \"2\": \"bekomma\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to receive, concern\"}, \"expansion\": \"Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"got\", \"2\": \"𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"to come upon one, befall\"}, \"expansion\": \"Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"enm\", \"2\": \"cweme\"}, \"expansion\": \"Middle English cweme\", \"name\": \"ncog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"enm\", \"2\": \"icweme\"}, \"expansion\": \"icweme\", \"name\": \"m\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"2\": \"queem\"}, \"expansion\": \"queem\", \"name\": \"m\"}], \"etymology_text\": \"A compound of the sources of be- + come.\\nFrom Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of \\\"befit, suit\\\" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem.\", \"forms\": [{\"form\": \"becomes\", \"tags\": [\"present\", \"singular\", \"third-person\"]}, {\"form\": \"becoming\", \"tags\": [\"participle\", \"present\"]}, {\"form\": \"became\", \"tags\": [\"past\"]}, {\"form\": \"become\", \"tags\": [\"participle\", \"past\"]}, {\"form\": \"becomen\", \"tags\": [\"dialectal\", \"participle\", \"past\", \"rare\"]}], \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"becomes\", \"2\": \"becoming\", \"3\": \"became\", \"4\": \"become\", \"past_ptc2\": \"becomen\", \"past_ptc2_qual\": \"rare, dialectal\"}, \"expansion\": \"become (third-person singular simple present becomes, present participle becoming, simple past became, past participle become or (rare, dialectal) becomen)\", \"name\": \"en-verb\"}], \"hyphenation\": [\"be‧come\"], \"lang\": \"English\", \"lang_code\": \"en\", \"pos\": \"verb\", \"senses\": [{\"categories\": [\"English copulative verbs\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"She became a doctor when she was 25.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"The sense ‘state or process of bearing fruit’ has become imposed on fruition as the 20c. proceeded.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"ref\": \"2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport\", \"text\": \"Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.\", \"type\": \"quotation\"}, {\"ref\": \"2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7\", \"text\": \"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.\", \"type\": \"quotation\"}], \"glosses\": [\"begin to be; turn into.\"], \"links\": [[\"copulative\", \"copular verb\"], [\"begin\", \"begin\"], [\"be\", \"be\"], [\"turn into\", \"turn into\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(copulative) begin to be; turn into.\"], \"synonyms\": [{\"word\": \"get\"}, {\"word\": \"turn\"}, {\"word\": \"go\"}], \"tags\": [\"copulative\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English intransitive verbs\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"What became of him after he was let go?\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], 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\"Albanian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"bëhem\"}, {\"code\": \"am\", \"lang\": \"Amharic\", \"roman\": \"mähon\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"መሆን\"}, {\"code\": \"ar\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"roman\": \"ṣāra\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"صَارَ\"}, {\"code\": \"ar\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"roman\": \"ʔaṣbaḥa\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"أَصْبَحَ\"}, {\"code\": \"arz\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"roman\": \"báʔa\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Egyptian-Arabic\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"بقى\"}, {\"code\": \"arz\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"roman\": \"báʔet\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Egyptian-Arabic\", \"feminine\"], \"word\": \"بقت\"}, {\"code\": \"arz\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"roman\": \"báʔu\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Egyptian-Arabic\", \"plural\"], \"word\": \"بقو\"}, {\"code\": \"arz\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"roman\": \"báʔom\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Egyptian-Arabic\", \"plural\"], \"word\": \"بقم\"}, {\"code\": \"hy\", \"lang\": \"Armenian\", \"roman\": \"daṙnal\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"դառնալ\"}, {\"code\": \"aii\", \"lang\": \"Assyrian Neo-Aramaic\", \"roman\": \"payeš\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ܦܵܝܹܫ\"}, {\"code\": \"az\", \"lang\": \"Azerbaijani\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"olmaq\"}, {\"code\": \"bqi\", \"lang\": \"Bakhtiari\", \"roman\": \"awiðen\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"اویدن\"}, {\"code\": \"eu\", \"lang\": \"Basque\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"bihurtu\"}, {\"code\": \"eu\", \"lang\": \"Basque\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"bilakatu\"}, {\"code\": \"be\", \"lang\": \"Belarusian\", \"roman\": \"stanavícca\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"станаві́цца\"}, {\"code\": \"be\", \"lang\": \"Belarusian\", \"roman\": \"stacʹ\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"стаць\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"stavam\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ставам\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"slučvam se\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"случвам се\"}, {\"code\": \"my\", \"lang\": \"Burmese\", \"roman\": \"hprac\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ဖြစ်\"}, {\"code\": \"ca\", \"lang\": \"Catalan\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"esdevenir\"}, {\"code\": \"chr\", \"lang\": \"Cherokee\", \"roman\": \"nigalisdiha\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"roman\": \"chéng\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"成\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"成為\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"roman\": \"chéngwéi\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"成为\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"note\": \"...了 (...le) (change of state particle)\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\"}, {\"code\": \"crh\", \"lang\": \"Crimean Tatar\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"olmaq\"}, {\"code\": \"crh\", \"lang\": \"Crimean Tatar\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Northern\", \"dialectal\"], \"word\": \"bolmaq\"}, {\"code\": \"cs\", \"lang\": \"Czech\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"stát se\"}, {\"code\": \"dlm\", \"lang\": \"Dalmatian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"deventur\"}, {\"code\": \"da\", \"lang\": \"Danish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"blive\"}, {\"code\": \"nl\", \"lang\": \"Dutch\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"worden\"}, {\"code\": \"eo\", \"lang\": \"Esperanto\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"iĝi\"}, {\"code\": \"eo\", \"lang\": \"Esperanto\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ekesti\"}, {\"code\": \"et\", \"lang\": \"Estonian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"muutuma\"}, {\"code\": \"et\", \"lang\": \"Estonian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"saama\"}, {\"code\": \"fo\", \"lang\": \"Faroese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"verða\"}, {\"code\": \"fo\", \"lang\": \"Faroese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"blíva\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"with-translative\"], \"word\": \"tulla\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"note\": \"(to become + a negative adjective) äityä\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"with-negative-adj\", \"with-translative\"]}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"devenir\"}, {\"code\": \"ka\", \"lang\": \"Georgian\", \"roman\": \"gaxdoma\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"გახდომა\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"werden\"}, {\"code\": \"el\", \"lang\": \"Greek\", \"roman\": \"gínomai\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"γίνομαι\"}, {\"code\": \"grc\", \"lang\": \"Ancient Greek\", \"roman\": \"gígnomai\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"γίγνομαι\"}, {\"code\": \"grc\", \"lang\": \"Ancient Greek\", \"roman\": \"gínomai\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Ionic\", \"Koine\"], \"word\": \"γίνομαι\"}, {\"code\": \"he\", \"lang\": \"Hebrew\", \"roman\": \"hafákh\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"הפך\"}, {\"code\": \"hi\", \"lang\": \"Hindi\", \"roman\": \"bannā\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"बनना\"}, {\"code\": \"hi\", \"lang\": \"Hindi\", \"roman\": \"ho jānā\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"हो जाना\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"lesz\"}, {\"code\": \"is\", \"lang\": \"Icelandic\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"verða\"}, {\"code\": \"io\", \"lang\": \"Ido\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"divenar\"}, {\"code\": \"id\", \"lang\": \"Indonesian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"menjadi\"}, {\"code\": \"ia\", \"lang\": \"Interlingua\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"devenir\"}, {\"code\": \"ga\", \"lang\": \"Irish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"éirigh\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"diventare\"}, {\"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"... ni naru\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"...になる\"}, {\"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"... to naru\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"...となる\"}, {\"alt\": \"なる\", \"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"naru\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"成る\"}, {\"code\": \"xqa\", \"lang\": \"Karakhanid\", \"roman\": \"bolmāq\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"بُلْماقْ\"}, {\"code\": \"kk\", \"lang\": \"Kazakh\", \"roman\": \"bolu\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"болу\"}, {\"code\": \"km\", \"lang\": \"Khmer\", \"roman\": \"klaay\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ក្លាយ\"}, {\"code\": \"km\", \"lang\": \"Khmer\", \"roman\": \"tɨw ciə\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ទៅជា\"}, {\"code\": \"kok\", \"lang\": \"Konkani\", \"roman\": \"zāvce\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"जांव्चे\"}, {\"code\": \"ko\", \"lang\": \"Korean\", \"roman\": \"doeda\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"되다\"}, {\"code\": \"ky\", \"lang\": \"Kyrgyz\", \"roman\": \"boluu\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"болуу\"}, {\"code\": \"lad\", \"lang\": \"Ladino\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"devenir\"}, {\"code\": \"lad\", \"lang\": \"Ladino\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"fazerse\"}, {\"code\": \"lad\", \"lang\": \"Ladino\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"azerse\"}, {\"code\": \"lo\", \"lang\": \"Lao\", \"roman\": \"kāi\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ກາຽ\"}, {\"code\": \"ltg\", \"lang\": \"Latgalian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"tikt\"}, {\"code\": \"ltg\", \"lang\": \"Latgalian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"atsarast\"}, {\"code\": \"ltg\", \"lang\": \"Latgalian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"pasadareit\"}, {\"code\": \"ltg\", \"lang\": \"Latgalian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"palikt\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"fiō\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"exsisto\"}, {\"code\": \"lv\", \"lang\": \"Latvian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"kļūt\"}, {\"code\": \"lv\", \"lang\": \"Latvian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"tapt\"}, {\"code\": \"lv\", \"lang\": \"Latvian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"tikt\"}, {\"code\": \"li\", \"lang\": \"Limburgish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"waere\"}, {\"code\": \"lt\", \"lang\": \"Lithuanian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"tapti\"}, {\"code\": \"khb\", \"lang\": \"Lü\", \"roman\": \"k̇aay\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ᦂᦻ\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"stane\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"стане\"}, {\"code\": \"ms\", \"lang\": \"Malay\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"semakin\"}, {\"code\": \"ms\", \"lang\": \"Malay\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"menjadi\"}, {\"code\": \"mt\", \"lang\": \"Maltese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"sar\"}, {\"code\": \"mnc\", \"lang\": \"Manchu\", \"roman\": \"ombi\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ᠣᠮᠪᡳ\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"haere\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"whanatu\"}, {\"code\": \"mn\", \"lang\": \"Mongolian\", \"roman\": \"bolox\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\"], \"word\": \"болох\"}, {\"code\": \"mn\", \"lang\": \"Mongolian\", \"roman\": \"bolqu\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Mongolian\"], \"word\": \"ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ\"}, {\"code\": \"nv\", \"lang\": \"Navajo\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"yileeh\"}, {\"code\": \"ne\", \"lang\": \"Nepali\", \"roman\": \"bannu\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"बन्नु\"}, {\"code\": \"frr\", \"lang\": \"North Frisian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Mooring\"], \"word\": \"wårde\"}, {\"code\": \"frr\", \"lang\": \"North Frisian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Föhr-Amrum\"], \"word\": \"wurd\"}, {\"code\": \"frr\", \"lang\": \"North Frisian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Helgoland\"], \"word\": \"wür\"}, {\"code\": \"nb\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Bokmål\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"bli\"}, {\"code\": \"nn\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Nynorsk\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"verta\"}, {\"code\": \"nn\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Nynorsk\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"bli\"}, {\"code\": \"cu\", \"lang\": \"Church Slavic\", \"roman\": \"stati\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\"], \"word\": \"стати\"}, {\"code\": \"ang\", \"lang\": \"Old English\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"weorþan\"}, {\"code\": \"ofs\", \"lang\": \"Old Frisian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"wertha\"}, {\"code\": \"kaw\", \"lang\": \"Old Javanese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"dadi\"}, {\"alt\": \"b¹ul¹ /bol-/\", \"code\": \"otk\", \"lang\": \"Old Turkic\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"𐰉𐰆𐰞\"}, {\"code\": \"ota\", \"lang\": \"Ottoman Turkish\", \"roman\": \"olmaq\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"اولمق\"}, {\"code\": \"fa\", \"lang\": \"Persian\", \"roman\": \"šodan\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"شدن\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"zostawać\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"zostać\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"stawać się\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"stać się\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"tornar-se\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"virar\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"transformar-se em\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ficar\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"devir\"}, {\"code\": \"ro\", \"lang\": \"Romanian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"deveni\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"stanovítʹsja\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"станови́ться\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"statʹ\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"стать\"}, {\"code\": \"sco\", \"lang\": \"Scots\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"becum\"}, {\"code\": \"sco\", \"lang\": \"Scots\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"wirth\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"fàs\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\"], \"word\": \"постати\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\"], \"word\": \"postati\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"stať 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\"word\": \"става́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"státy\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"ста́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"ur\", \"lang\": \"Urdu\", \"roman\": \"ho jānā\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ہو جانا\"}, {\"code\": \"ug\", \"lang\": \"Uyghur\", \"roman\": \"bolmaq\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"بولماق\"}, {\"code\": \"uz\", \"lang\": \"Uzbek\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"boʻlmoq\"}, {\"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"trở nên\"}, {\"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"trở thành\"}, {\"code\": \"vo\", \"lang\": \"Volapük\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"vedön\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"mynd\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"dod\"}, {\"code\": \"fy\", \"lang\": \"West Frisian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"wurde\"}, {\"code\": \"sah\", \"lang\": \"Yakut\", \"roman\": \"buol\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"буол\"}, {\"code\": \"yi\", \"lang\": \"Yiddish\", \"roman\": \"vern\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"ווערן\"}, {\"code\": \"hy\", \"lang\": \"Armenian\", \"roman\": \"sazel\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"սազել\"}, {\"code\": \"az\", \"lang\": \"Azerbaijani\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"yaraşmaq\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"priličam\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"приличам\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"podhoždam\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"подхождам\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"otivam\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"отивам\"}, {\"code\": \"ca\", \"lang\": \"Catalan\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"escaure\"}, {\"code\": \"da\", \"lang\": \"Danish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"passe godt\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"pukea\"}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"aller bien\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"stehen\"}, {\"code\": \"grc\", \"lang\": \"Ancient Greek\", \"roman\": \"prépō\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"with-dative\"], \"word\": \"πρέπω\"}, {\"code\": \"grc\", \"lang\": \"Ancient Greek\", \"roman\": \"éoika\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"with-dative\"], \"word\": \"ἔοικα\"}, {\"code\": \"grc\", \"lang\": \"Ancient Greek\", \"roman\": \"hiknéomai\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"infinitive\", \"with-accusative\"], \"word\": \"ἱκνέομαι\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"illik\"}, {\"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"niau\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"似合う\"}, {\"code\": \"no\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"kle\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"cair bem em\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"idtí\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"идти́\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"godítʹsja\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"годи́ться\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"podobátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"подоба́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"podxodítʹ\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"подходи́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"prilíčestvovatʹ\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"прили́чествовать\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"sootvétstvovatʹ\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"соотве́тствовать\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"priličiti\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"quedar bien\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"klä\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"passa\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"to begin to be\", \"word\": \"yakışmak\"}], \"word\": \"become\"}",
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"subsection": "verb",
"title": "become",
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Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). 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