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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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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 hyponym
- suffer hyponym
- be well hyponym
- suffer hyponym
- feel hyponym
- stay hyponym
- continue hyponym
- sparkle hyponym
- confound hyponym
- rank hyponym
- point hyponym
- need hyponym
- compact hyponym
- rest hyponym
- cut hyponym
- seethe hyponym
- moon about hyponym
- appear hyponym
- seem hyponym
- owe hyponym
- belong hyponym
- cover hyponym
- represent hyponym
- account hyponym
- cut across hyponym
- begin hyponym
- begin hyponym
- stand hyponym
- delimit hyponym
- go hyponym
- make sense hyponym
- comprise hyponym
- turn out hyponym
- account for hyponym
- remain hyponym
- stick by hyponym
- mill about hyponym
- number hyponym
- matter hyponym
- rate hyponym
- merit hyponym
- buy hyponym
- shine hyponym
- fall hyponym
- depend hyponym
- underlie hyponym
- stink hyponym
- suck hyponym
- subtend hyponym
- embody hyponym
- contain hyponym
- cost hyponym
- measure hyponym
- seethe hyponym
- abound hyponym
- discord hyponym
- yaw hyponym
- incline hyponym
- run hyponym
- figure hyponym
- press hyponym
- rage hyponym
- interrelate hyponym
- rut hyponym
- stagnate hyponym
- stagnate hyponym
- come in handy hyponym
- squat hyponym
- hoodoo hyponym
- impend hyponym
- range hyponym
- stay on hyponym
- sell hyponym
- translate hyponym
- head up hyponym
- come in for hyponym
- compare hyponym
- fall hyponym
- run into hyponym
- gravitate hyponym
- pay hyponym
- diverge hyponym
- shine hyponym
- iridesce hyponym
- lie hyponym
- stand hyponym
- hang hyponym
- litter hyponym
- suit hyponym
- end hyponym
- fit hyponym
- lend hyponym
- let go hyponym
- belong hyponym
- belong hyponym
- curve hyponym
- jumble hyponym
- promise hyponym
- accept hyponym
- clean hyponym
- draw hyponym
- wash hyponym
- balance hyponym
- hail hyponym
- act hyponym
- test hyponym
- seem hyponym
- answer hyponym
- beat hyponym
- hold hyponym
- count hyponym
- contain hyponym
- connect hyponym
- sell hyponym
- sell hyponym
- kill hyponym
- make hyponym
- deck hyponym
- consist hyponym
- work hyponym
- lubricate hyponym
- breathe hyponym
- trim hyponym
- swing hyponym
- osculate hyponym
- retard hyponym
- transplant hyponym
- cohere hyponym
- object hyponym
- stick hyponym
- recognize hyponym
- distribute hyponym
- put out hyponym
- broil hyponym
- swim hyponym
- swim hyponym
- belong hyponym
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
- stretch hyponym
- attend hyponym
- fill hyponym
- populate hyponym
- inhabit hyponym
- stand back hyponym
- extend to hyponym
- extend hyponym
- lead hyponym
- cover hyponym
- poke out hyponym
- lie hyponym
- sit hyponym
- sit around hyponym
- face hyponym
- straddle hyponym
- follow hyponym
- center on hyponym
- rest hyponym
- belong hyponym
- come hyponym
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
- differ antonym
Sense 7 verb
form or compose
This money is my only income
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- physical composition derivation
- constituenta derivation
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
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
spend or use time
I may be an hour
Types & categories
- take hypernym
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
- stay hypernym
Sense 13 verb
be priced at
These shoes cost $100
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- knock back hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| 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 |