be

Meaning

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Concepts

exist

become

live

are

happen

stay

sit

have

come

remain

located

make

get

lie

mean

stand

be located

constitute

alive

reside

grow

occur

subsist

appear

comprise

represent

dwell

there is

equal

extinguished

existence

make up

cost

something

turn

situated

rest

arise

be present

hold

fare

take place

lie down

was

accustomed

active

dark

hot

level

light

belong

I am

not be

I am not

he is there

reach

spent

embody

personify

here

work as

originate

become sour

yes

place

put

somebody

account

handle

look after

take care

act

give

run

deal with

agitated

cured

be found

come about

hap

transpire

covered

formed

wait

annoy

drive to distraction

maddening

vex

be real

keep

copious

expand

large

overflow

behoove

be lying

be stationed

hold office

reign

live one’s life

manage

-ed

feel great fear

sleep

entangle

across the way

afraid

alike

ashamed

astonished

broad

be lazy

careless

crippled

deaf

depressed

dumb

famous

fitting

frightened

jump out

fully developed

guardian

lame

left over

remain over

listless

little

mad

mutilated

old and frail

overcome

settle down

squat

wax

being

defective

attain

been

frequent

be mentioned

be registered

abide

be in existence

fasten

care for one’s own affairs

be no more than

increase

wealth

owed by

pleasant

sweet

pleased

pointed

properly flavoured

quick

quiet

raving

roasted

be in good order

settled

slack

sorry

spread abroad

startled

starved

spoilt

stunted

superposed

surprised

tasty

thin

wear thin

serve

be missing

be wanted

short

authorized

behave

there are

still

made into

say

then

serve as

same as

be attached to

seem

living being

since

elapse

attend

become pregnant

become deaf

stay overnight

become white

feel

locate

equal to

boiling

angry with

prosperous

proud

rich

clothed

derive

descend

descended

from

source

spring

rid

lack

read

characterise

characterize

form

formative

its

leave

mark

marked

mold

mould

shape

their

at odds with oneself

accountable

answer

draw

for

in charge

responsible

understood

expert

become accustomed to

not exist

become bitter

bitter

become clean

clean

become hard

firm

harden

become light

lightweight

lose weight

long time

do more

pungent

become red

red

become rotten

rot

spoil

become rough

coarse

rough

become smooth

sleek

smooth

become soft

soft

sour

become tangled

tangle

become thick

thick

wide

become wet

wet

exists

survive

come to be

persist

retained

get to

make it

available

together

on the top

report

interested

involved

see

find job

agent

depict

picture

play

portray

show

speak

stage

symbolize

appeal

apply

fall

have recourse

recur

repeat

rerun

resort

run again

look at

check

concern

examine

go over

regard

have another look

apologise

excuse

say sorry

turn up

present

right

even

even if

exactly

precisely

quite right

presence

blinded

loosened

deceived

destroyed

displeased

exalted

foolish

pushed

spilt

stupid

thrown

STH

become dirty

become strong

impure

muddy

get wet

become thin

is there

associate

cure

deal

deal in

discuss

have dealings

negotiate

process

trade

transact

treat

have to

must

need to

ought to

appertain

consist

mistake

mistaken

impatient

discharged

bear

carry

carry weight

have got

house

lend

number

olla

repose

total

wear

go on

betide

fall out

pass

to have

amount

mind

get by

live on

be situated

find oneself

be worth

rencounter

keep on

stay on

come into being

pass off

set in

know

silent

able

able to

can

may

he is

condition

enter

sleepy

solemn

happy

short-winded

jealous

be tired

hungry

broken

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biː/

Etymology

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 *bʰúHt (“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”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, from the root *h₁es-.

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