Dictionary

becoming en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ (India)
• /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
   • This is our latest, said the salesgirl. Victory Red. Or here I've Carmine, which is very becoming on sallower skin like yours, so it is. If you don't mind me saying. 2022, Lucy Caldwell, These Days, Faber:
2. decent, respectable

Forms

Antonyms

unbecoming

Deriveds

becomingness · becomingly

Translations (41)

fi sopiva (pleasingly suitable) · grc ἱκανός (pleasingly suitable) · pt adequado (pleasingly suitable) · ja 似合う (pleasingly suitable) · hu helyénvaló (decent, respectable) · sv klädsam (decent, respectable) · hi शोभनीय (decent, respectable) · ga feiliúnach (pleasingly suitable) · bg подходящ (pleasingly suitable) · nl respectabel (decent, respectable) · hy պատշաճ (pleasingly suitable) · nl voorkomend (pleasingly suitable) · hu előnyös (pleasingly suitable) · pt favorável (pleasingly suitable) · ga mas (pleasingly suitable) · hu méltó (decent, respectable) · hu való (pleasingly suitable) · fr respectable (decent, respectable) · la consentaneus (pleasingly suitable) · sv klädsam (pleasingly suitable) · ga oiriúnach (pleasingly suitable) · pt decente (decent, respectable) · el ταιριαστό (pleasingly suitable) · de anständig (decent, respectable) · hu illő (decent, respectable) · ga fóirsteanach (pleasingly suitable) · de geziemend (decent, respectable) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆 (pleasingly suitable) · ga maisiúil (pleasingly suitable) · pl twarzowy (pleasingly suitable) · de passend (pleasingly suitable) · hi शोभनीय (pleasingly suitable) · pt apropriado (pleasingly suitable) · fr décent(e) (decent, respectable) · de gut stehend (pleasingly suitable) · hu ildomos (decent, respectable) · pt respeitável (decent, respectable) · hu jól álló (pleasingly suitable) · hi उचित (pleasingly suitable) · bg подобаващ (pleasingly suitable) · hi उपयुक्त (pleasingly suitable)

becoming en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ (India)
• /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act or process by which something becomes.
   • By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […] 2007, Una Chung, Contagion of Living:

Forms

Translations (16)

kmr peydabûn (The act or process by which something becomes) · da tilblivelse (The act or process by which something becomes) · hu valamivé levés (The act or process by which something becomes) · ca esdevenir (The act or process by which something becomes) · hu létesülés (The act or process by which something becomes) · cmn 生成 (The act or process by which something becomes) · sv blivande (The act or process by which something becomes) · fr devenir (The act or process by which something becomes) · ar صَيْرُورَة (The act or process by which something becomes) · bn ভবন (The act or process by which something becomes) · es devenir (The act or process by which something becomes) · hu alakulás (The act or process by which something becomes) · hu keletkezés (The act or process by which something becomes) · de Werden (The act or process by which something becomes) · pt devir (The act or process by which something becomes) · it divenire (The act or process by which something becomes)

becoming en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ (India)
• /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of become
   form of become