| VERB | change | become, go, get | enter or assume a certain state or condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | become, turn | undergo a change or development | |
| stative | become | come into existence | |
| stative | become, suit | enhance the appearance of |
| Sounds | bihkah'm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | John will become angry | |
| Synonyms | go, get | |
| Narrower | break | come into being |
| run | change from one state to another | |
| settle | Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet | |
| sober up, sober | Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | |
| sober up, sober | Become more realistic | |
| take | Be seized or affected in a specified way | |
| take effect | go into effect or become effective or operative | |
| work | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Spanish | constituir, devenir, iniciar, llegar a ser, ponerse, tornar, volverse | |
| Catalan | constituir, esdevenir, iniciar, posar-se, tornar-se, tornar | |
| Meaning | Undergo a change or development. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | turn | |
| Narrower | come, add up, amount | Develop into |
| nucleate | form into a nucleus | |
| reduce, come down, boil down | Be the essential element | |
| suffocate, choke | Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | |
| Broader | transform, transmute, metamorphose | change in outward structure or looks |
| Similar to | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| turn | Cause to change or turn into something different | |
| Spanish | convertir, hacerse, hacer, tornar, volverse | |
| Catalan | canviar, convertir, esdevenir, fer tornar, transformar | |
| Meaning | Come into existence. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "What becomes has duration" | |
| Narrower | arise, come up, bob up | originate or come into being |
| form, take form, take shape, spring | Develop into a distinctive / distinctive entity | |
| make | Be or be capable / capable of being changed or made into | |
| occur, come | come to one's mind | |
| originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow | Come into existence | |
| root | Come into existence, originate | |
| Spanish | hacerse, llegar a ser | |
| Catalan | esdevenir | |
| Meaning | enhance the appearance of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Mourning becomes Electra" | |
| Synonym | suit | |
| Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
| Spanish | favorecer, ir, venir bien | |
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