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becoming

bi'kʌmiŋ7 senses · 51 ms
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verb/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ//bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ//ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of becomeform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ//bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ//ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/
  1. 1

    The act or process by which something becomes.uncountableusually

    • 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 […]
adj/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ//bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ//ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/
  1. 1

    pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful

    • 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.
  2. 2

    decent, respectable

ant. unbecoming

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