became

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪˈkeɪm/, X-SAMPA: /bI"keIm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

Hyphenation: be‧came

Verb

became

1. Simple past of become.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: point · letter · become · #348: became · second · United · free