be

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (auxiliary, irregular) As an auxiliary verb:
2. (irregular) As an auxiliary verb:
3. (formal, irregular) As an auxiliary verb:
4. (irregular) As an auxiliary verb:
5. (Caribbean, Ireland, auxiliary, irregular) As an auxiliary verb:
6. (irregular, with-dummy-subject) As a copulative verb:
7. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
8. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
9. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
10. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
11. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
12. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
13. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
14. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
15. (irregular, past, rare, regional) As a copulative verb:
16. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
17. (irregular) As a copulative verb:
18. (impersonal, irregular, often) As a copulative verb:
19. (especially, irregular) As a copulative verb:
20. (irregular, literary, usually) As an intransitive lexical verb:
21. (irregular) As an intransitive lexical verb:
22. (irregular) As an intransitive lexical verb:
23. (irregular) As an intransitive lexical verb:
24. (irregular) As an intransitive lexical verb:

Prep

Alternative form of by. Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra.

Noun

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б

Sinonieme

exist

become

is

live

are

happen

sit

🪑

stay

have

am

come

make

remain

do

located

go

get

lie

mean

stand

alive

be located

constitute

subsist

appear

represent

reside

occur

comprise

dwell

grow

turn

there is

rest

situated

extinguished

equal

something

make up

like

cost

existence

level

hold

hot

🥵

as

arise

accustomed

agitated

be present

Vertalings

être

sein

essere

ser

estar

zijn

είμαι

ser

estar

ser

stare

sum

estar

exister

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/biː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: been

Geërf van Old English: bēon

Geërf van Old English: ġebēon

Geërf van Old English: wesan

Geërf van Middle English: be

In summary

From Middle English been (“to be”).
further etymology of be and its conjugated forms
The various forms have three separate origins, which were mixed together at various times in the history of English.
* The forms beginning with b- come from Old English bēon (“to be, become”), from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, exist, come to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-yé-ti (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”), from the root *bʰuH-. In particular:
** Now-dialectal use of been as an infinitive of be is either from Middle English been (“to be”) or an extension of the past participle.
** Now-obsolete use of been as a plural present tense (meaning "are") is from Middle English been, be (present plural of been (“to be”), with the -n leveled in from the past and subjunctive; compare competing forms aren/are).
** Use of been as a past participle is from Middle English been, ybeen, from Old English ġebēon.
* The forms beginning with w- come from the aforementioned Old English bēon, which shared its past tense with the verb wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).
* The remaining forms (am, are, is) are also from Old English wesan (“to be”), Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, the present tense of which comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁és-ti, from the root *h₁es-.

Sinne

It shall be done !

Sometimes I wonder how there can be so many stars in the sky .

This was reported to be because there was no specific mention of Russia .

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

I need to be in the right frame of mind to be productive .

" If good things are coming , they will be a pleasant surprise ," said the seer .