becoming
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becoming
- /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ UK
- /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ US
- /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ US
- /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ India
Rhymes with -ʌmɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of become
noun becomings
- The act or process by which something becomes. 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 […]
adjective more becoming · most becoming
- 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.
- decent, respectable
Opposite: unbecoming
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: seemly, proper, decent, decorous, comely, flattering, assuming, fate, joining, going, doing, changing, transforming, being, aware, beginning
adjective
Opposite: unbecoming
Translations
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noun The act or process by which something becomes
| Español | devenir |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 生成 shēngchéng |
| Português | devir |
| Français | devenir |
| Deutsch | Werden |
| Italiano | divenire |
| العربية | صَيْرُورَة ṣayrūra |
adj pleasingly suitable
| 日本語 | 似合う niau |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | उचित ucit, उपयुक्त upyukt, शोभनीय śobhnīya |
| Português | apropriado, adequado, favorável |
| Deutsch | passend, gut stehend |
| Ελληνικά | ταιριαστό tairiastó |
adj decent, respectable
| हिन्दी | शोभनीय śobhnīya |
|---|---|
| Português | decente, respeitável |
| Français | décent(e), respectable |
| Deutsch | anständig, geziemend |
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title = {becoming},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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