Hailee Steinfeld shared the origin of her childhood nickname in the latest edition of her newsletter Beau Society on Friday, Nov. 7. The 'Sinners' actress explained that it stemmed from her...

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Josh Allen and his wife, Hailee Steinfeld, are used to grabbing headlines for contributions in their respective fields. The couple announced that they had become parents, and just a day after ... The meaning of BECOME is to come into existence. How to use become in a sentence.

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Phrasal verb become of someone/something (Definition of become from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) 1. (copula) to come to be; develop or grow into: he became a monster. 2. (foll by of; usually used in a question) to fall to or be the lot (of); happen (to): what became of him?. 3.

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(tr) (of clothes, etc) to enhance the appearance of (someone); suit: that dress becomes you. 4. (tr) to be appropriate; befit: it ill becomes you to complain. Definition of become verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. In Early Modern English, the second-person informal singular indicative verb forms used with thou were becomest in the present and becamest in the past tenses.

Similarly, becometh was used as a third-person singular indicative present form. To come about; come into being; pass from non-existence; arise. To change or pass from one state of existence to another; come to be something different; come or grow to be: as, the boy rapidly becomes the man. To be fit or proper; be decorous or praiseworthy.