VERB | stative | be | have the quality of being |
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stative | be | be identical / identical to | |
stative | be | occupy a certain position or area | |
stative | be, exist | have an existence, be extant | |
stative | be | happen, occur, take place | |
stative | be, equal | be identical or equivalent to | |
stative | be, constitute, represent, make up, comprise | form or compose | |
social | be, follow | work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | |
stative | be, embody, personify | represent, as of a character on stage | |
possession | be | spend or use time | |
stative | be, live | have life, be alive | |
stative | be | to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form | |
stative | be, cost | be priced at | |
NOUN | substance | Be, beryllium, glucinium, atomic number 4 | a light strong brittle / brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element |
Sounds | biy; biy' | |
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Rhymes | ab / Ab / AB ... zombie: 62 rhymes with biy... |
Meaning | A light strong brittle / brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element. | |
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Synonyms | beryllium, glucinium, atomic number 4 | |
Broader | metallic element, metal | Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
Substance of | beryl | The chief source of beryllium |
chrysoberyl | A rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form | |
gadolinite, ytterbite | A mineral that is a source of rare earths | |
Spanish | berilio, glucinio, número atómico 4 | |
Catalan | beril·li, número atòmic 4 |
Meaning | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun). | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | John will be angry | |
Narrower | abound | Be abundant or plentiful |
accept, take | Be designed to hold or take | |
account | Be the sole or primary factor / factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | |
account for | Be the reason or explanation for | |
act | Be suitable for theatrical performance | |
answer | Be liable or accountable | |
appear, seem | seem to be true, probable, or apparent | |
bake, broil | Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun | |
balance | Be in equilibrium | |
be well | Be healthy | |
beat | Be superior | |
begin, start | Have a beginning characterized in some specified way | |
begin | Have a beginning, of a temporal event | |
behoove, behove | Be appropriate or necessary | |
belong | Be owned by | |
belong | Be rightly classified in a class or category | |
belong | Be suitable or acceptable | |
belong | Be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place) | |
breathe | Allow the passage of air through | |
buy | Be worth or be capable of buying | |
clean | Be cleanable | |
cohere | Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results | |
come in for | Be subject to or the object of | |
come in handy | Be useful for a certain purpose | |
compact, pack | Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | |
compare | Be comparable / comparable | |
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to | |
connect | Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation | |
consist, comprise | Be composed of | |
consist | Have its essential character | |
contain | Be divisible by | |
contain, take, hold | Be capable of holding or containing | |
continue | Exist over a prolonged period of time | |
cost, be | Be priced at | |
count, matter, weigh | Have weight | |
count | Have a certain value or carry a certain weight | |
cover | Be sufficient to meet / meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of | |
cut | Allow incision / incision or separation | |
cut across | Be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations | |
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify | Be beautiful to look at | |
depend | Be contingent upon (something that is elided) | |
deserve, merit | Be worthy or deserving | |
disagree, disaccord, discord | Be different from one another | |
distribute | Be mathematically distributive | |
diverge | Have no limits as a mathematical series | |
draw | Allow a draft | |
end, terminate | Be the end of | |
fall | Be due | |
fall, come | Come under, be classified or included | |
feel | Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state | |
figure, enter | Be or play a part of or in | |
fit | conform to some shape or size | |
gape, yawn, yaw | Be wide open | |
go | Be or continue to be in a certain condition | |
gravitate | Be attracted to | |
hail, come | Be a native of | |
hang | Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive | |
head, head up | Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | |
hold | Have as a major characteristic / characteristic | |
hoodoo | Bring bad luck | |
hum, buzz, seethe | Be noisy with activity | |
impend | Be imminent or about to happen / happen / happen | |
incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate | represent in bodily form | |
iridesce | Be iridescent | |
jumble, mingle | Be all mixed up or jumbled together | |
kill | Be fatal | |
lend | Have certain characteristics / characteristics of qualities for something | |
let go | Be relaxed | |
lie | Be and remain in a particular state or condition | |
litter | strew | |
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | Be about | |
look | Have a certain outward or facial expression | |
look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect | |
lubricate | Have lubricating properties | |
make | Be suitable for | |
make sense, add up | Be reasonable / reasonable or logical or comprehensible | |
measure | Have certain dimensions | |
mope, moon around, moon about | Be apathetic / apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | |
object | Be averse to or express disapproval of | |
osculate | Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups | |
owe | Be in debt | |
pay | Be worth it | |
point | Be positionable in a specified manner | |
press | Be urgent | |
promise | Give grounds for expectations | |
prove, turn out, turn up | Be shown or be found to be | |
put out | Be sexually active | |
rage | Be violent | |
range, run | change or be different within limits | |
rank | Take or have a position relative to others | |
rate | Be worthy of or have a certain rating | |
recognize | Exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) | |
relate, interrelate | Be in a relationship with | |
remain | Be left | |
represent | Be representative or typical for | |
rest | not move | |
retard | Be delayed | |
run, go | Have a particular form | |
run into, encounter | Be beset by | |
rut | Be in a state of sexual excitement | |
seem | Appear to exist | |
seethe, boil | Be in an agitated emotional state | |
sell | Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way | |
sell | Be responsible for the sale / sale of | |
sell | Be approved of or gain acceptance | |
shine | Be distinguished or eminent | |
shine | Be clear and obvious | |
sparkle, scintillate, coruscate | Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | |
specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate | Determine the essential quality of | |
squat | Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide | |
stagnate | Cease to flow | |
stagnate | stand still | |
stand | Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically | |
stand | Be in some specified state or condition | |
stand by, stick by, stick, adhere | Be loyal to | |
stay, remain, rest | Stay the same | |
stay, stay on, continue, remain | Continue in a place, position, or situation | |
stick | Be or become fixed | |
stink | Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance | |
subtend, delimit | Be opposite to | |
suck, blow | Be inadequate or objectionable | |
suffer, hurt | Feel pain or be in pain | |
suffer | Feel unwell or uncomfortable | |
suit | Be agreeable or acceptable | |
swim, drown | Be covered with or submerged in a liquid | |
swim | Be dizzy or giddy | |
swing | Have a certain musical rhythm | |
tend, be given, lean, incline, run | Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something | |
test | show a certain characteristic when tested | |
total, number, add up, come, amount | add up in number or quantity | |
translate | Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way | |
transplant | Be transplantable | |
trim | Be in equilibrium during a flight | |
underlie | Be or form the base for | |
want, need, require | Have need of | |
wash | Be capable of being washed | |
wind, twist, curve | Extend in curves and turns | |
work | Behave in a certain way when handled | |
Spanish | estar, ser | |
Catalan | ésser, estar, ser |
Meaning | Be identical / identical to; be someone or something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Spanish | ser | |
Catalan | ser |
Meaning | Occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "What is behind this behavior?" | |
Narrower | attend, go to | Be present at (meetings, church services, university) , etc. |
belong, go | Be in the right place or situation | |
center on | Have as a center | |
come | Exist or occur in a certain point in a series | |
cover, continue, extend | span an interval / interval of distance, space or time | |
extend, poke out, reach out | reach outward in space | |
face | Be opposite | |
follow | Be next | |
go, lead | Lead, extend, or afford access | |
inhabit | Be present in | |
lie | Be located or situated somewhere | |
lie, rest | Have a place in relation to something else | |
occupy, fill | Occupy the whole of | |
populate, dwell, live, inhabit | Inhabit or live in | |
reach, extend to, touch | To extend as far as | |
run, go, pass, lead, extend | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope | |
sit, sit around | Be around, often idly or without specific purpose | |
sit | Be located or situated somewhere | |
stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away | Stay clear of, avoid | |
straddle | Sit or stand astride of | |
stretch, stretch along | Occupy a large, elongated area | |
Spanish | estar, haber | |
Catalan | estar, haver, ser |
Meaning | Have an existence, be extant. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | exist | |
Entailed by | live | Lead a certain kind of life |
Narrower | coexist, cohabit | Exist together |
come | Be found or available | |
distribute | Be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses | |
dwell, consist, lie, lie in | originate (in) | |
dwell, inhabit | Exist or be situated within | |
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril | pose a threat to | |
flow | Be abundantly present | |
indwell | To exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle | |
kick around, knock about, kick about | Be around | |
preexist | Exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | |
prevail, hold, obtain | Be valid, applicable, or true | |
Spanish | existir, haber, ser | |
Catalan | existir, haver | |
Nouns | being | the state or fact of existing |
Meaning | happen, occur, take place. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Spanish | haber, ocurrir, pasar, ser, suceder | |
Catalan | ocòrrer, passar, ser, succeir |
Meaning | Be identical or equivalent to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | equal | |
Narrower | equate, correspond | Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics |
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree | Be compatible, similar or consistent | |
represent, stand for, correspond | Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | |
translate | Be equivalent in effect | |
Opposite | differ | Be different |
Spanish | equivaler, ser equivalente, ser, significar | |
Catalan | equivaler, ser equivalent |
Meaning | form or compose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "These constitute my entire belonging" | |
Synonyms | constitute, represent, make up, comprise | |
Narrower | compose | form the substance of |
fall into, fall under | Be included in or classified as | |
form, constitute, make | To compose or represent | |
make | constitute the essence of | |
present, pose | introduce | |
range, straddle | Range or extend over | |
supplement | Serve as a supplement to | |
Spanish | constituir, integrar, representar, ser | |
Catalan | constituir, formar, integrar, representar, ser |
Meaning | Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | follow | |
Narrower | cox | act as the coxswain, in a boat race |
vet | Work as a veterinarian | |
Spanish | seguir, ser | |
Catalan | seguir |
Meaning | represent, as of a character on stage. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | embody, personify | |
Narrower | body, personify | invest with or as with a body |
exemplify, represent | Be characteristic of | |
Broader | typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent | Express indirectly by an image, form, or model |
Spanish | caracterizar, encarnar, personificar, representar | |
Catalan | caracteritzar, encarnar, personificar |
Meaning | spend or use time. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "I may be an hour" | |
Broader | take, occupy, use up | require (time or space) |
Meaning | Have life, be alive. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | live | |
Entailed by | outlive, outlast, survive | Live longer than |
survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity | |
Similar to | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity |
Spanish | durar, existir, morar, vivir | |
Catalan | existir, persistir, viure | |
Nouns | being | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
Meaning | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "let her be" | |
Broader | stay, remain, rest | Stay the same |
Spanish | estar | |
Catalan | estar |
Meaning | Be priced at. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonym | cost | |
Narrower | set back, knock back, put back | cost a certain amount |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Spanish | costar, valer | |
Catalan | costar, valer |
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