Lexic.us

Definition of Becoming

1. Adjective. According with custom or propriety. "Seemly behavior"

2. Adjective. Displaying or setting off to best advantage. "A becoming portrait"

Definition of Becoming

1. a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

2. n. That which is becoming or appropriate.

Definition of Becoming

1. Verb. (present participle of become) ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly philosophy) The act or process in which something becomes. ¹

3. Adjective. pleasingly suitable to the particular person involved. ¹

4. Adjective. decent, respectable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Becoming

1. a process of change [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Becoming

beclown beclowned beclowning beclowns beclumpse becollared become become flat become of becomed

becomeness becomer becomers becomes becometh becoming (current term) becomingly becomingness becomings becomse

becover becoward becowarded becowarding becowards becquerel becquerelite becquerels becrave becrawl

Literary usage of Becoming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson (1911)
"Now, if we try to characterize more precisely our natural attitude towards becoming, this is what we find. becoming is infinitely varied. ..."

2. History of Philosophy by Alfred Weber (1896)
"The Problem of becoming 1. The first question that arouses controversy is the ... The Eleatics deny becoming; Heraclitus makes a god of it; the atomists ..."

3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Now when Greece WM becoming moro powerful, and acquiring possession of money still mora than before, tyran- nies, generally speaking, were established in ..."

4. American Law of Real Estate Agency: Including the Duties and Liabilities of by William Slee Walker (1922)
"Who are capable of becoming 8. Who is not a broker. principals and agents. 8a. ... Inherent power of becoming. How brokers are appointed. agents. ..."

5. The Lancet (1842)
"But other general influences, and a different epidemic constitution, are now becoming apparent in their effects. The tendency to active congestion and ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Electrode potentials in developers. the oxidation of the developer, but it is evident that the later portion the curve, where the potential is becoming more ..."

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