Dictionary

come into being en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To form; to start to exist.
   • Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.

Forms

Antonyms

dematerialize · vanish · unexist · cease

Hypernyms

exist

Hyponyms

concretize · thingify · reify · effigiate · personify · actualize · embody · objectify · incarnate · realize

Relateds

create · happen · bring into being

Synonyms

pop up · take shape · come into being · arise · spring to life · materialize · form · originate · spring · engender · be born · materialize · take shape · rise · form · spring up · take form · appear · surface · appear · emerge · inform · upspring · get up · become

Translations (34)

sv bli till (start to exist) · sv uppstå (start to exist) · cs vzniknout (start to exist) · pl zaistnieć (start to exist) · cmn 形成 (start to exist) · hu kialakul (start to exist) · cs nastávat (start to exist) · pt surgir (start to exist) · hu létrejön (start to exist) · pl powstawać (start to exist) · hu keletkezik (start to exist) · tpi kamap (start to exist) · cmn 面世 (start to exist) · cy deor (start to exist) · cs vznikat (start to exist) · cs zrodit se (start to exist) · cs vzejít (start to exist) · de entstehen (start to exist) · nl ontstaan (start to exist) · mhr шочаш (start to exist) · az törəmək (start to exist) · ru возни́кнуть (start to exist) · cmn 誕生 /诞生 (start to exist) · pl powstać (start to exist) · cs nastat (start to exist) · fr apparaître (start to exist) · fi syntyä (start to exist) · hu megszületik (start to exist) · fi saada alkunsa (start to exist) · ru возника́ть (start to exist) · cy dod i fod (start to exist) · cmn 產生 /产生 (start to exist) · hu születik (start to exist) · cs povstat (start to exist)