Definition of 'became'

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became

(bɪkeɪm )

Became is the past tense of become.

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became in British

(bɪˈkeɪm )

verb

the past tense of become

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became in American

(biˈkeɪm ; bēkāmˈ; bɪˈkeɪm ; bikāmˈ)

verb intransitive, verb transitive

pt. of

become

Example sentences containing 'became'

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The more he got into his teaching mode, the less marked his Scots accent became. Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)She pushed him to do things which were at first exciting and then became increasingly more reckless. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2001)

Try to find some people who knew him before he became homeless. Lisa Scottoline ROUGH JUSTICE (2001)

Trends of 'became'

Extremely Common. became is one of the 1000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of became from the Collins English Dictionary

Joining clauses

Coordination The process called coordination joins two short clauses of equal importance with a conjunction. Each clause becomes a main clause in the new sentence. Ann went to the bank and withd...