becoming
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /bɪˈkʊm.ɪŋɡ/
- (US) IPA(key): /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/
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- Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ
Verb edit
becoming
- present participle and gerund of become
Noun edit
becoming (usually uncountable, plural becomings)
- (chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
- 2007, Una Chung, Contagion of Living:
- 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 […]
Translations edit
The act or process by which something becomes
Adjective edit
becoming (comparative more becoming, superlative most becoming)
- pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
- 2022, Lucy Caldwell, These Days, Faber:
- 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.
- decent, respectable
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
pleasingly suitable
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