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BECOMING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Displaying or setting off to best advantage
Example:
a becoming portrait
Classified under:
Similar:
flattering (showing or representing to advantage)
Derivation:
becomingness (the quality of being becoming)
Sense 2
Meaning:
According with custom or propriety
Example:
seemly behavior
Synonyms:
becoming; comely; comme il faut; decorous; seemly
Classified under:
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
becomingness (the quality of being becoming)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb become
Context examples:
Uranus is now approaching the middle of its summer season, and the polar-cap region is becoming more prominent.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
His face was blistering in the heat, his eyebrows and lashes were singed off, and the heat was becoming unbearable to his feet.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Jo liked that, and thought the new dignity very becoming, but the boy seemed changing very fast into the man, and regret mingled with her pleasure.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Life could have originated in the same way it did on Earth - with self-replicating molecules becoming more and more complex while continuing to reproduce.
(Life Could Exist on Moon 4 Billion Years Ago, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
He even ventured to raise his fist to me, but I was becoming animal-like myself, and I snarled in his face so terribly that it must have frightened him back.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Material stretches away from the blinding brightness of the galactic plane itself, becoming more clearly observable against the darker background of the cosmos.
(A Galaxy on the Edge, ESO)
If you are single, your love life is becoming a serious topic these days.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Martin noticed, noticed the cause of it, told her how used he was becoming to it and that he did not care anyway.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A side benefit of the process is that the carbon can hold electrical charge, becoming a supercapacitor, so it could potentially be used as a component in future vehicles.
(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
As the sand moves, it begins to hop and collide, becoming charged.
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
