become
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
enter or assume a certain state or condition
He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- sober up hyponym
- sober up hyponym
- work hyponym
- take effect hyponym
- run hyponym
- take hyponym
- break hyponym
- settle hyponym
Related & opposite
- progress also see
- surmount also see
- pull ahead also see
Sense 2 verb
undergo a change or development
The water turned into ice
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- twist derivation
- change state verb group
- turn verb group
Sense 3 verb
come into existence
What becomes has duration
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
enhance the appearance of
Mourning becomes Electra
Types & categories
- fancify hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | progress |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | surmount |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | pull ahead |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sober up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sober up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | work |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take effect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | run |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | settle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | change state |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | turn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | transmute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | boil down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffocate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nucleate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | add up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | occur |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | root |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | take form |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | arise |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bob up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fancify |