became Definition

became past tense of become

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become
verb became (past tense), become (past participle), becoming (present participle)

intr
1. To come or grow to be something; to develop into something.

Example: I became lazy
Example: He might become king
Thesaurus: grow, metamorphose, emerge, progress, shift, be transformed into, convert, mature, incline to.
2. formal
Said especially of clothing: to suit, look good on or befit someone.
Example: That hat becomes you
Thesaurus: flatter, suit, befit, behoove, embellish, grace; Antonym: spoil, distort, distract.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon becuman in obsolete sense ‘to come, approach or happen'.

Phrasal Verb: become of someone or something

To happen to them or it.