Becoming

Definition

become /bÇ'kʌm/ v ( pt became /bÇ'keÇm/ ; pp become ) ၁။ (က) ျဖစ္သည္။ ျဖစ္လာသည္။ They soon became angry. ❍ He has become accustomed to his new duties. ❍ That child was to become a great leader. ❍ They became close friends. ❍ She became a doctor. ❍ It has become a rule that we have coffee together every morning. (ခ) ျဖစ္လာသည္။ It's becoming dangerous to go out alone at night. ❍ The traffic pollution is becoming a cause for concern. ❍ Those boys are becoming a nuisance. ၂။ ( fml ) (က) လိုက္သည္။ လိုက္ဖက္သည္။ Her new hat certainly becomes her. (ခ) သင့္သည္။ အပ္သည္။ Vulgar language does not become a young lady. ❍ It ill becomes you to criticize others when your own behaviour is just as bad as theirs. ❏ becoming adj ( fml ) ၁။ ( approv ) လိုက္ဖက္၍ ၾကည့္ ေကာင္းေသာ။ a becoming hat/hairstyle ❍ Your outfit is most becoming. ၂။ ညီၫြတ္သင့္ေတာ္ေသာ။ He behaved with a becoming modesty/with a modesty becoming his junior position. Compare UNBECOMING becomingly adv ❏ what becomes of sb/sth [ IDM ] ဘာျဖစ္သြားမလဲ။ ဘာျဖစ္ေနသလဲ။ ဘာျဖစ္သြားၿပီလဲ။ What will become of my children if I die? ❍ I wonder what ever became of the people who lived next door? ❍ What became of the dreams of our youth? (ie What we hoped for did not actually happen. )

Examples

1. The sky became dark.
2. People were becoming increasingly angry about the delay.
3. Christine decided to become a writer.
4. São Paulo has become the largest city in South America.
5. In 1603 James became King of England.
6. It was Mr Berry who encouraged Christine to become a writer.
7. The following year Easton became an American citizen.
8. What sort of building was it before it became a museum?
9. That red dress really becomes her – it goes with her hair.