Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

becoming

/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables: be-com-ing
IPA: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of become

noun

The act or process by which something becomes.

Uncountable

adj

pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful

adj

decent, respectable

Example Sentences

"By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […]"
"This is our latest, said the salesgirl. Victory Red. Or here I've Carmine, which is very becoming on sallower skin like yours, so it is. If you don't mind me saying."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/
British English: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

becomings (plural) more becoming (comparative) most becoming (superlative)

Derived Forms

becomingly becomingness

Synonyms

comely comme il faut decorous seemly

Antonyms

unbecoming

Rhymes With

coming forthcoming plumbing humming drumming cumming summing numbing succumbing unbecoming strumming dumbing

Questions

How do you pronounce becoming?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/.
What does becoming mean?: present participle and gerund of become

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