A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.
Source: tatoeba (2013)
Become
//bɪˈkʊm//
Synonyms for "become" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
Related word relations
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10 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
184 translations across 104 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- bëhem verb (to begin to be)
Amharic
1 entries- መሆን verb (to begin to be)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- γίγνομαι verb (to begin to be)
- γίνομαι verb (to begin to be)
- πρέπω verb (to be appropriate for)
- ἔοικα verb (to be appropriate for)
Ao
1 entries- aküm (Chungli) verb (to begin to be)
Arabic
4 entries- أَصْبَحَ verb (to begin to be)
- بقت verb (to begin to be)
- بقم verb (to begin to be)
- بقو verb (to begin to be)
Armenian
2 entries- դառնալ verb (to begin to be)
- սազել verb (to be appropriate for)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܦܵܝܹܫ verb (to begin to be)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- olmaq verb (to begin to be)
- yaraşmaq verb (to be appropriate for)
Bakhtiari
1 entries- اویدن verb (to begin to be)
Basque
2 entries- bihurtu verb (to begin to be)
- bilakatu verb (to begin to be)
Belarusian
2 entries- станаві́цца verb (to begin to be)
- стаць verb (to begin to be)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отивам verb (to be appropriate for)
- подхождам verb (to be appropriate for)
- приличам verb (to be appropriate for)
- случвам се verb (to begin to be)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖြစ် verb (to begin to be)
Catalan
3 entries- escaure verb (to be appropriate for)
- esdevenir verb (to begin to be)
- passar verb (to begin to be)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ verb (to begin to be)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 成 verb (to begin to be)
- 成為 /成为 verb (to begin to be)
Church Slavic
1 entries- стати verb (to begin to be)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- bolmaq verb (to begin to be)
- olmaq verb (to begin to be)
Czech
1 entries- stát se verb (to begin to be)
Dalmatian
1 entries- deventur verb (to begin to be)
Danish
2 entries- blive verb (to begin to be)
- passe godt verb (to be appropriate for)
Dutch
1 entries- worden verb (to begin to be)
Esperanto
3 entries- ekesti verb (to begin to be)
- estiĝi verb (to begin to be)
- iĝi verb (to begin to be)
Estonian
2 entries- muutuma verb (to begin to be)
- saama verb (to begin to be)
Faroese
2 entries- blíva verb (to begin to be)
- verða verb (to begin to be)
Finnish
2 entries- pukea verb (to be appropriate for)
- tulla verb (to begin to be)
French
2 entries- aller bien verb (to be appropriate for)
- devenir verb (to begin to be)
Georgian
1 entries- გახდომა verb (to begin to be)
German
2 entries- stehen verb (to be appropriate for)
- werden verb (to begin to be)
Greek
1 entries- γίνομαι verb (to begin to be)
Hebrew
1 entries- הפך verb (to begin to be)
Hindi
2 entries- बनना verb (to begin to be)
- हो जाना verb (to begin to be)
Hungarian
2 entries- illik verb (to be appropriate for)
- lesz verb (to begin to be)
Icelandic
1 entries- verða verb (to begin to be)
Ido
1 entries- divenar verb (to begin to be)
Indonesian
1 entries- menjadi verb (to begin to be)
Interlingua
1 entries- devenir verb (to begin to be)
Irish
1 entries- éirigh verb (to begin to be)
Italian
1 entries- diventare verb (to begin to be)
Japanese
4 entries- ...となる verb (to begin to be)
- ...になる verb (to begin to be)
- 似合う verb (to be appropriate for)
- 成る verb (to begin to be)
Karakhanid
1 entries- بُلْماقْ verb (to begin to be)
Kazakh
1 entries- болу verb (to begin to be)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្លាយ verb (to begin to be)
- ទៅជា verb (to begin to be)
Konkani
1 entries- जांव्चे verb (to begin to be)
Korean
1 entries- 되다 verb (to begin to be)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- болуу verb (to begin to be)
Ladino
3 entries- azerse verb (to begin to be)
- devenir verb (to begin to be)
- fazerse verb (to begin to be)
Lao
1 entries- ກາຽ verb (to begin to be)
Latgalian
4 entries- atsarast verb (to begin to be)
- palikt verb (to begin to be)
- pasadareit verb (to begin to be)
- tikt verb (to begin to be)
Latin
2 entries- exsisto verb (to begin to be)
- fiō verb (to begin to be)
Latvian
3 entries- kļūt verb (to begin to be)
- tapt verb (to begin to be)
- tikt verb (to begin to be)
Limburgish
1 entries- waere verb (to begin to be)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tapti verb (to begin to be)
Lü
1 entries- ᦂᦻ verb (to begin to be)
Macedonian
1 entries- стане verb (to begin to be)
Malay
2 entries- menjadi verb (to begin to be)
- semakin verb (to begin to be)
Maltese
1 entries- sar verb (to begin to be)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠣᠮᠪᡳ verb (to begin to be)
Mongolian
2 entries- болох verb (to begin to be)
- ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ verb (to begin to be)
Māori
2 entries- haere verb (to begin to be)
- whanatu verb (to begin to be)
Navajo
1 entries- yileeh verb (to begin to be)
Nepali
1 entries- बन्नु verb (to begin to be)
North Frisian
3 entries- wurd verb (to begin to be)
- wårde verb (to begin to be)
- wür verb (to begin to be)
Norwegian
1 entries- kle verb (to be appropriate for)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bli verb (to begin to be)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bli verb (to begin to be)
- verta verb (to begin to be)
Old English
1 entries- weorþan verb (to begin to be)
Old Frisian
1 entries- wertha verb (to begin to be)
Old Javanese
1 entries- dadi verb (to begin to be)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰉𐰆𐰞 verb (to begin to be)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اولمق verb (to begin to be)
Persian
1 entries- شدن verb (to begin to be)
Polish
4 entries- stawać się verb (to begin to be)
- stać się verb (to begin to be)
- zostawać verb (to begin to be)
- zostać verb (to begin to be)
Portuguese
4 entries- cair bem em verb (to be appropriate for)
- devir verb (to begin to be)
- ficar verb (to begin to be)
- tornar-se verb (to begin to be)
Romanian
1 entries- deveni verb (to begin to be)
Russian
4 entries- годи́ться verb (to be appropriate for)
- идти́ verb (to be appropriate for)
- подоба́ть verb (to be appropriate for)
- подходи́ть verb (to be appropriate for)
Scots
2 entries- becum verb (to begin to be)
- wirth verb (to begin to be)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fàs verb (to begin to be)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- postati verb (to begin to be)
- priličiti verb (to be appropriate for)
- постати verb (to begin to be)
Slovak
1 entries- stať sa verb (to begin to be)
Slovene
1 entries- postati verb (to begin to be)
Spanish
4 entries- convertirse en verb (to begin to be)
- devenir [en] verb (to begin to be)
- hacerse verb (to begin to be)
- llegar a ser verb (to begin to be)
Swedish
3 entries- bli verb (to begin to be)
- klä verb (to be appropriate for)
- passa verb (to be appropriate for)
Tagalog
1 entries- magíng verb (to begin to be)
Tajik
1 entries- шудан verb (to begin to be)
Tamil
1 entries- ஆகு verb (to begin to be)
Tatar
1 entries- булырга verb (to begin to be)
Telugu
1 entries- అగు verb (to begin to be)
Thai
1 entries- กลาย verb (to begin to be)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཆགས verb (to begin to be)
Tocharian B
1 entries- klutk verb (to begin to be)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- kamap verb (to begin to be)
Turkish
2 entries- olmak verb (to begin to be)
- yakışmak verb (to be appropriate for)
Turkmen
1 entries- bolmak verb (to begin to be)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ста́ти verb (to begin to be)
- става́ти verb (to begin to be)
Urdu
2 entries- بننا verb (to begin to be)
- ہو جانا verb (to begin to be)
Uyghur
1 entries- بولماق verb (to begin to be)
Uzbek
1 entries- boʻlmoq verb (to begin to be)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trở nên verb (to begin to be)
- trở thành verb (to begin to be)
Volapük
1 entries- vedön verb (to begin to be)
Welsh
2 entries- dod verb (to begin to be)
- mynd verb (to begin to be)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wurde verb (to begin to be)
Yakut
1 entries- буол verb (to begin to be)
Yiddish
1 entries- ווערן verb (to begin to be)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
If you eat too much, you'll become fat.
Source: tatoeba (2396)
What has become of your sister?
Source: tatoeba (16903)
Your conduct doesn't become a gentleman.
Source: tatoeba (17154)
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