be
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
John is rich
Types & categories
- look
- suffer
- be well
- suffer
- feel
- stay
- continue
- sparkle
- confound
- rank
- point
- need
- compact
- rest
- cut
- seethe
- moon about
- appear
- seem
- owe
- belong
- cover
- represent
- account
- cut across
- begin
- begin
- stand
- delimit
- go
- make sense
- comprise
- turn out
- account for
- remain
- stick by
- mill about
- number
- matter
- rate
- merit
- buy
- shine
- fall
- depend
- underlie
- stink
- suck
- subtend
- embody
- contain
- cost
- measure
- seethe
- abound
- discord
- yaw
- incline
- run
- figure
- press
- rage
- interrelate
- rut
- stagnate
- stagnate
- come in handy
- squat
- hoodoo
- impend
- range
- stay on
- sell
- translate
- head up
- come in for
- compare
- fall
- run into
- gravitate
- pay
- diverge
- shine
- iridesce
- lie
- stand
- hang
- litter
- suit
- end
- fit
- lend
- let go
- belong
- belong
- curve
- jumble
- promise
- accept
- clean
- draw
- wash
- balance
- hail
- act
- test
- seem
- answer
- beat
- hold
- count
- contain
- connect
- sell
- sell
- kill
- make
- deck
- consist
- work
- lubricate
- breathe
- trim
- swing
- osculate
- retard
- transplant
- cohere
- object
- stick
- recognize
- distribute
- put out
- broil
- swim
- swim
- belong
Sense 2 verb
be identical to; be someone or something
The president of the company is John Smith
Sense 3 verb
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Where is my umbrella?
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
have an existence, be extant
Is there a God?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
happen, occur, take place
I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house
Sense 6 verb
be identical or equivalent to
One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
form or compose
This money is my only income
Types & categories
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Sense 8 verb
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
He is a herpetologist
Types & categories
Sense 9 verb
represent, as of a character on stage
Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Types & categories
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Sense 10 verb
spend or use time
I may be an hour
Types & categories
Sense 11 verb
have life, be alive
Our great leader is no more
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
let her be
Types & categories
Sense 13 verb
be priced at
These shoes cost $100
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | look |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | be well |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | continue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparkle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rank |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | point |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | need |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seethe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moon about |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | appear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seem |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | owe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belong |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | represent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | account |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut across |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | begin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | begin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | delimit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | go |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make sense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comprise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | account for |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick by |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mill about |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | number |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | merit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | depend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underlie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stink |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subtend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | embody |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | measure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seethe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | discord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yaw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | run |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | figure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | press |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interrelate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stagnate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stagnate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come in handy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoodoo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | range |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stay on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | translate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come in for |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | run into |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravitate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diverge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | iridesce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | litter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | end |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | let go |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belong |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belong |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jumble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | balance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | act |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | test |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seem |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | answer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | count |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | connect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | consist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | work |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lubricate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breathe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | osculate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transplant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cohere |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | object |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recognize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distribute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | broil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belong |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stretch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | attend |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fill |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | populate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inhabit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand back |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | extend to |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | extend |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lead |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poke out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lie |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit around |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | face |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | straddle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | center on |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | belong |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | come |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | being |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | actual |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | existent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | real |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | come |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | preexist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick around |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | coexist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | indwell |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prevail |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lie in |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | peril |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | distribute |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | inhabit |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | differ |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | equate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tally |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | represent |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | translate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | physical composition |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | constituenta |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | compose |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | form |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | straddle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall into |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pose |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplement |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | vet |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | cox |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | image |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | persona |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | stand for |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | body |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | exemplify |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | organism |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | animation |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | survive |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | stay |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | price |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | cost |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock back |