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becoming
[ bih-kuhm-ing ]
adjective
- that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing:
a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
Synonyms: comely
- suitable; appropriate; proper:
a becoming sentiment.
Synonyms: fitting, seemly, congruous, decorous, right, apt, fit, meet
noun
- any process of change.
- Aristotelianism. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
becoming
/ bɪˈkʌmɪŋ /
adjective
- suitable; appropriate
noun
- any process of change
- (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any change from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality
Derived Forms
- beˈcomingly, adverb
- beˈcomingness, noun
Other Words From
- be·coming·ly adverb
- be·coming·ness noun
- well-be·coming adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
They are becoming more aware of what eating disorders are and what they look like.
Any restaurant with a sustained fame ends up becoming a set, of sorts, and on that front, Sotto Sotto cinched it.
Eventually, she did—more or less—reinventing herself as Nicki Minaj and becoming a platinum-selling hip-hop superstar.
When it comes to the increasing number of rape allegations leveled at Bill Cosby, the smoke is becoming impenetrable.
So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?
His repeated coughing seemed a constant warning that at any moment he might be vanquished in the struggle for becoming silence.
The others being all agreed, Tom consented, with becoming modesty, to take the post of honour and of danger.
There was in his voice a sound of warm yet almost childlike enthusiasm, with which she was becoming very familiar.
The varnish is of first quality, and his violins are yearly becoming more valuable and of greater importance.
Fine examples of the works of his pupils are now becoming very valuable, and are well worthy attention.
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