becoming

[ bih-kuhm-ing ]

adjective

1. that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing:

   a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.

   Synonyms: comely

2. suitable; appropriate; proper:

   a becoming sentiment.

   Synonyms: fitting, seemly, congruous, decorous, right, apt, fit, meet

noun

1. any process of change.
2. 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

1. suitable; appropriate

noun

1. any process of change
2. (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·coming·ly adverb
• be·coming·ness noun
• well-be·coming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of becoming¹

First recorded in 1555–65; become + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

They are becoming more aware of what eating disorders are and what they look like.

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Any restaurant with a sustained fame ends up becoming a set, of sorts, and on that front, Sotto Sotto cinched it.

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Eventually, she did—more or less—reinventing herself as Nicki Minaj and becoming a platinum-selling hip-hop superstar.

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When it comes to the increasing number of rape allegations leveled at Bill Cosby, the smoke is becoming impenetrable.

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So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?

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His repeated coughing seemed a constant warning that at any moment he might be vanquished in the struggle for becoming silence.

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The others being all agreed, Tom consented, with becoming modesty, to take the post of honour and of danger.

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There was in his voice a sound of warm yet almost childlike enthusiasm, with which she was becoming very familiar.

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The varnish is of first quality, and his violins are yearly becoming more valuable and of greater importance.

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Fine examples of the works of his pupils are now becoming very valuable, and are well worthy attention.

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