BECOMING


Meaning of BECOMING in English

I. adjective

Etymology: from present participle of become

1. : marked by fitness or propriety : suitable , seemly

becoming modesty

becoming respect and obedience

monks for whom self-effacement is becoming — H.O.Taylor

2. : having an attractive effect : tending to grace or adorn

a fashionable becoming dress

a hairdo becoming to her

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: from gerund of become

1. obsolete

a. : the action of befitting

b. : something that befits or becomes

2.

a. : a coming into being : emergence into change that leads to a distinct stage or condition

life is a constant becoming : all stages lead to the beginning of others — G.B.Shaw

b. : a process in which the new appears : a passage of events in time : change

there is a constant becoming ; there was no beginning, there can be no ending — John Burroughs

• be·com·ing·ly adverb

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