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Be / be > 14 senses
NOUN1Be, beryllium, glucinium, atomic number 4A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element
VERB1beHave the quality of being
2beBe identical to
3beOccupy a certain position or area
4be, existHave an existence, be extant
5beHappen, occur, take place
6be, equalBe identical or equivalent to
7be, constitute, represent, make up, compriseForm or compose
8be, followWork in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
9be, embody, personifyRepresent, as of a character on stage
10beSpend or use time
11be, liveHave life, be alive
12beTo remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
13be, costBe priced at
Be / be > pronunciation
Soundsbiy; biy'
Rhymesab / Ab / AB, abbe, abbey, and 55 more rhymes in biy at the HyperDic website...
Be > noun, substance
MeaningA light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
Synonymsberyllium, glucinium, atomic number 4
Broadermetallic element, metal
Substance ofberyl; chrysoberyl; gadolinite, ytterbite
be > verb 1, stative
MeaningHave the quality of being. (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP
ModelJohn will be angry
Narrowerlook; suffer, hurt; be well; suffer; feel; stay, remain, rest; continue; sparkle, scintillate, coruscate; confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate; rank; point; want, need, require; compact, pack; rest; cut; seethe, boil; mope, moon around, moon about; 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, 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, substantiate; contain, take, hold; cost, be; measure; hum, buzz, seethe; pass; abound; disagree, disaccord, discord; gape, yawn, yaw; tend, be given, lean, incline, run; 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, terminate; fit; lend; let go; belong; belong; wind, curve; jumble, mingle; promise; accept, take; clean; draw; wash; balance; hail, come; act; test; seem; answer; beat; hold; contain; connect; sell; sell; kill; make; deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify; consist; work; lubricate; breathe; trim; swing; osculate; retard; transplant; cohere; object; stick; recognize; distribute; put out
be > verb 2, stative
MeaningBe identical to. Be someone or something.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
be > verb 3, stative
MeaningOccupy a certain position or area. Be somewhere.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples"What is behind this behavior?"
Narrowerstretch, stretch along; attend, go to; occupy, fill; dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate; 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, poke out, reach out; lie; sit; face; straddle; follow; center on; lie, rest; belong, go; come
be > verb 4, stative
MeaningHave an existence, be extant.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsexist
Entailed bylive
Narrowercome; 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; distribute
Nounsbeing
be > verb 5, stative
MeaningHappen, occur, take place.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
be > verb 6, stative
MeaningBe identical or equivalent to.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsequal
Narrowerequate, correspond; match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree; represent, stand for, correspond; translate
Contrarydiffer
be > verb 7, stative
MeaningForm or compose.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"These constitute my entire belonging"
Synonymsconstitute, represent, make up, comprise
Narrowermake; compose; form, constitute, make; range, straddle; fall into, fall under; present, pose; supplement
be > verb 8, social
MeaningWork in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsfollow
Narrowervet; cox
be > verb 9, stative
MeaningRepresent, as of a character on stage.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymsembody, personify
Narrowerbody, personify; exemplify, represent
Broadertypify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
be > verb 10, possession
MeaningSpend or use time.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"I may be an hour"
Broadertake, occupy, use up
be > verb 11, stative
MeaningHave life, be alive.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonymslive
Entailed bysurvive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out; outlive, outlast, survive
Similar tosurvive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
Nounsbeing
be > verb 12, stative
MeaningTo remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Examples"let her be"
Broaderstay, remain, rest
be > verb 13, stative
MeaningBe priced at.
PatternSomething ----s something
Synonymscost
Narrowerset back, knock back, put back
Broaderbe

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