becoming

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/]

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1. becoming (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The act or process by which something becomes.

Example: 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 […]

2. becoming (adj) — sense 2

Definition: pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful

Example: 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.

3. becoming (adj) — sense 3

Definition: decent, respectable

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