becoming

bi-KUM-ing/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/

4 meanings of becoming

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of become. Use this -ing form when something is changing into something else.
The weather is becoming colder every day.
She is becoming a stronger swimmer with each lesson.
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2
adjective
Looking good on someone and suiting them well.
Like clothes that make someone look their very best.
That blue dress is very becoming on you.
She chose a becoming hairstyle for the photos.
Similarflattering, attractive, fetching, comely
Oppositeunflattering, unbecoming, unattractive
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3
noununcountable
The process of changing and turning into something new.
Like a tadpole slowly turning into a frog.
Some thinkers see the world as always in a state of becoming.
Growing up is a slow becoming, full of changes.
Similarflux, emergence
Oppositebeing
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adjective
Proper and right for the situation, in a decent and respectable way.
It is not becoming to shout at your elders.
He behaved in a becoming manner throughout the ceremony.
Similarfitting, proper, seemly, appropriate, decorous
Oppositeunseemly, improper, unbecoming, inappropriate

becoming is a form of become

become, verb: To start to be something you were not before. Full entry

Forms: become also past participlebecomes he/she/itbecoming -ing formbecame past tense
Spelling: become → becoming: drop the e, add -ing

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