be·com·ing
(bĭ-kŭḿĭng)
adjective
- Appropriate, suitable, or proper.
- Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
derivatives
- be·coḿing·ly
- adverb
- be·coḿing·ness
- noun
be·come
(bĭ-kŭḿ)
[Middle English bicomen, from Old English becuman.]
verb: -came (-kāḿ), -come, -com·ing, -comes.
intransitive verb
- To grow or come to be: became more knowledgeable; will become clearer in the morning.
transitive verb
- To be appropriate or suitable to: “It would not become me . . . to interfere with parties” (Jonathan Swift)
- To show to advantage; look good with: The new suit becomes you.
phrasal verbs
- become of
- To be the fate of; happen to: What has become of the old garden?