become

verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

Direction: arrow points to the broader concept; Click any word to expand it.

Senses

enter or assume a certain state or condition

He became annoyed when he heard the bad news

undergo a change or development

The water turned into ice

come into existence

What becomes has duration

enhance the appearance of

Mourning becomes Electra

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