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been definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be 8 of 13 senses of be Sense 1 be => suffer, hurt => be well => suffer => feel => stay, remain, rest => continue => sparkle, scintillate => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate => rank => point => want need require => rest => cut => seethe => mope, moon around moon about => sulk, grizzle, brood, stew => look appear, seem => appear, seem => owe => belong => cover => represent => account => cut across => begin, start => begin => stand => specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate => go => make sense add up => consist, comprise => prove, turn out turn up => account for => remain => stand by stick by stick to stick with adhere => loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => total, number, add up come amount => count matter, weigh => rate, deserve, merit => buy => shine => fall => depend => underlie => stink => subtend, delimit => incarnate, body forth, embody => contain, take hold => cost, be => measure => hum, buzz, seethe => pass => abound => disagree, disaccord, discord => gape, yawn, yaw => tend, be given lean, incline, run => pride => run, go => figure, enter => press => rage => relate, interrelate => rut => stagnate => stagnate => come in handy => squat => hoodoo => impend => range, run => stay, stay on continue, remain => sell => translate => head, head up => come in for => compare => fall, come => run into encounter => gravitate => pay => diverge => shine => iridesce => lie => stand => hang => litter => suit => end => fit => lend => let go => belong => belong => wind, curve => jumble, mingle => promise => accept take => clean => draw => wash => balance => hail, come => act => test => seem => answer => attend => beat => hold => contain => connect => sell => sell => kill => make => deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify => consist => work => lubricate => breathe Sense 3 be => stretch, stretch along => attend, go to => occupy, fill => dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate => inhabit, occupy => stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance, keep one's hands off stay away => reach, extend to touch => run, go pass, lead, extend => go lead => cover, extend => extend, stick out poke out reach out => lie => sit => face => straddle => follow => center on => lie, rest => belong, go => come Sense 4 exist, be => come => preexist => kick around knock about kick about => coexist => prevail, hold obtain => dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in => endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril => flow Sense 6 equal, be => equate, correspond => match, fit correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree => represent, stand for correspond Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be => make => compose => form constitute, make => range, straddle => fall into fall under => present, pose Sense 8 be follow => vet => cox Sense 9 embody, be personify => body, personify => exemplify, represent, typify Sense 13 cost, be => set back knock back put back Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be 8 of 13 senses of be Sense 1 be => suffer, hurt => have => gag, choke, suffocate => ail => starve, hunger, famish => be well => suffer => freeze => swelter => feel => suffocate => stay, remain, rest => sit tight => stick together, stay together => stand => keep stay fresh => be => continue => carry, extend => last => prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure => carry over => stand => wash => sparkle, scintillate => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate => perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape => defy, resist, refuse => beggar => disorient, disorientate => rank => place come in come out => come => point => want need require => cry => rest => kneel => stand stand up => ramp => stand back => line up queue up queue => cut => seethe => bubble over overflow, spill over => mope, moon around moon about => sulk, grizzle, brood, stew => look appear, seem => make => cut => feel => pass off => sound => come across => glow, beam, radiate, shine => glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine => spangle => shimmer => leap out jump out jump, stand out stick out => rise, lift, rear => loom, tower, hulk => loom => feel => crawl => appear, seem => seem => owe => mortgage => bond => belong => cover => represent => instantiate => speak for => account => cut across => begin, start => begin => stand => specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate => determine => pin down peg down nail down narrow down narrow, specify => concretize => redefine => go => make sense add up => consist, comprise => prove, turn out turn up => result, ensue => come => be due, flow from => follow => follow come after => account for => remain => stand by stick by stick to stick with adhere => loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => prowl, lurch => total, number, add up come amount => work out => outnumber => average, average out => make => count matter, weigh => weigh, press => rate, deserve, merit => buy => shine => fall => depend => underlie => stink => subtend, delimit => incarnate, body forth, embody => reincarnate => contain, take hold => sleep => seat => cost, be => set back knock back put back => measure => stand => weigh => last endure => run, run for => wear, hold out endure => drag on drag out => scale => hum, buzz, seethe => teem, swarm => crawl => pass => abound => disagree, disaccord, discord => gape, yawn, yaw => tend, be given lean, incline, run => take kindly to => suffer => gravitate => pride => run, go => figure, enter => press => rage => relate, interrelate => predicate => tutor => tie in => rut => stagnate => stagnate => come in handy => squat => hoodoo => impend => range, run => stay, stay on continue, remain => bide, abide, stay => overstay, outstay => sell => retail => trade => translate => head, head up => come in for => compare => go => fall, come => run into encounter => gravitate => pay => diverge => shine => iridesce => opalesce => lie => stand => hang => brood, hover, loom, bulk large => litter => suit => agree => end => close => fit => fit go => joint => lend => let go => belong => belong => wind, curve => circumvolute => spiral => snake => jumble, mingle => promise => accept take => clean => draw => wash => balance => hail, come => act => test => seem => answer => attend => beat => hold => contain => connect => sell => sell => kill => make => deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify => consist => work => lubricate => breathe Sense 3 be => stretch, stretch along => attend, go to => sit in => worship => offer, offer up => sacrifice => immolate => occupy, fill => deluge, flood, inundate => crowd => take up => dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate => neighbor, neighbour => rusticate => occupy, reside, lodge in => move in => stay at => squat => crash => cohabit, shack up => miscegenate => lodge => sleep over => camp, encamp, camp out bivouac, tent => board, room => inhabit, occupy => tenant => infest => invade, overrun, infest => nest => stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance, keep one's hands off stay away => reach, extend to touch => reach into => run, go pass, lead, extend => come => radiate, ray => go far go deep => go lead => cover, extend => cross, traverse, span, sweep => sweep => rake => enfilade => overlap => spread, overspread => ridge => dot, stud, constellate => extend, stick out poke out reach out => lie => ride => lap => localize, localise => slant => precede, predate => underlie => cap, crest => front, look face => confront => back => flank => head => surmount => pinnacle => crown => dominate, command, overlook, overtop => shadow, overshadow, dwarf => line run along => rim => beard => orient, point => look out on look out over overlook, look across => sit => face => straddle => follow => center on => lie, rest => belong, go => come Sense 4 exist, be => come => preexist => kick around knock about kick about => coexist => coexist => coincide, cooccur => overlap => prevail, hold obtain => dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in => inhere => pertain, appertain => endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril => flow Sense 6 equal, be => equate, correspond => match, fit correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree => consist => look => answer => coincide => align => correlate => parallel => twin, duplicate, parallel => square => corroborate, underpin, bear out support => resemble => look like => come to life => take after => approximate, come close => border on approach => converge => imitate, copy => make => ape => emulate => follow suit => echo, recall => meet fit conform to => coordinate => behoove, behove => satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to => suffice, do answer, serve => tide over bridge over keep going => go a long way => serve, function => prelude => act as => qualify, measure up => go around => cover => suit, accommodate, fit => homologize => befit, suit, beseem => harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in agree => blend, go blend in => pattern => accede, adhere => overlap => share => partake => osculate => rhyme, rime => assonate => represent, stand for correspond Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be => make => compose => form constitute, make => constellate => conglobate, conglobe => chelate => add => range, straddle => spread-eagle => fall into fall under => present, pose Sense 8 be follow => vet => cox Sense 9 embody, be personify => body, personify => exemplify, represent, typify Sense 13 cost, be => set back knock back put back Entailment of verb be Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb be 13 senses of be Sense 1 be Sense 2 be Sense 3 be Sense 4 exist, be Sense 5 be Sense 6 equal, be Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be Sense 8 be follow Sense 9 embody, be personify => symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent Sense 10 be => take occupy, use up Sense 11 be live Sense 12 be => stay, remain, rest Sense 13 cost, be => be Familiarity of verb be be used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 13) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb be Sense 1 be -------------- Sense 2 be -------------- Sense 3 be -------------- Sense 4 exist, be -------------- Sense 5 be -------------- Sense 6 equal, be -------------- Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be -------------- Sense 8 be follow -------------- Sense 9 embody, be personify => symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent -------------- Sense 10 be => take occupy, use up -------------- Sense 11 be live -------------- Sense 12 be => stay, remain, rest -------------- Sense 13 cost, be => be -------------- Grep of noun been edward franklin albeen has-been might-have-been shebeen Overview of verb be The verb be has 13 senses (first 11 from tagged texts) 1. (10720) be -- (have the quality of being (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") 2. (3033) be -- (be identical to be someone or something as in "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house") 3. (921) be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; also for abstract situations and relations: "What is behind this behavior?") 4. (698) exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?") 5. (634) be -- (happen, occur, take place ""I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen") 6. (270) equal, be -- (be identical or equivalent to: "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!") 7. (188) constitute, represent, make up comprise, be -- (form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army") 8. (86) be follow -- (work in a specific place with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher") 9. (56) embody, be personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet") 10. (2) be -- (spend or use time: "I may be an hour") 11. (1) be live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war") 12. be -- (to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form "let her be") 13. cost, be -- (be priced at "These shoes cost $100") Overview of verb be The verb be has 13 senses (first 11 from tagged texts) 1. (10720) be -- (have the quality of being (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") 2. (3033) be -- (be identical to be someone or something as in "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house") 3. (921) be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; also for abstract situations and relations: "What is behind this behavior?") 4. (698) exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?") 5. (634) be -- (happen, occur, take place ""I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen") 6. (270) equal, be -- (be identical or equivalent to: "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!") 7. (188) constitute, represent, make up comprise, be -- (form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army") 8. (86) be follow -- (work in a specific place with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher") 9. (56) embody, be personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet") 10. (2) be -- (spend or use time: "I may be an hour") 11. (1) be live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war") 12. be -- (to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form "let her be") 13. cost, be -- (be priced at "These shoes cost $100")
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