adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
becoming an uncle (= your sister or your brother’s wife has a child )
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I was very excited about becoming an uncle .
becoming...vegetarian
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I’m thinking about becoming a vegetarian .
fast becoming/disappearing/approaching etc
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Access to the Internet is fast becoming a necessity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
fast
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On her right stood an empty cottage, fast becoming derelict.
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But Portillo is fast becoming flavour of the month and will increasingly find himself in the public eye.
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The crowds were fast becoming uncontrollable as they tried to push their way through the jammed entrance to the field.
now
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But substantial progress is being made and the most important resources of all, expertise and know-how, are now becoming available.
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In the tangle of rocks and trees we get a glimpse of the lions, now becoming agitated.
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Daily newspapers are now becoming popular, providing the first phase of what will later become known as the mass media.
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Other urges were now becoming apparent.
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It is now becoming clear that the same is true of the City of London's many law firms.
■ NOUN
part
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Today we are becoming part of a family.
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What you get from our work is small things that are very important in becoming part of your life.
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They were given the choice of becoming part of the maintained system or becoming independent; most chose the latter.
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It seems that the genuine offspring might gain some protection by becoming part of an enlarged brood.
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Slowly, very slowly, she was becoming part of it.
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Even so, some residents had started to venture out to local pubs and shops and were slowly becoming part of the community.
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It seemed as if the instruments they held - long pipes and hand drums - were somehow becoming part of their bodies.
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He was becoming part of the machinery of the piece.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bad language is not at all becoming .
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Laura's hair is softer and more becoming .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She had received the plaudits with becoming modesty, of course.