Used in a Sentence

became

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for became.

Editorial note

After third-party games became legitimized, dozens of game companies sprouted up and tried to poach people from Atari.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of became gathered in one view.

verb

(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

verb

(transitive) To be appropriate for.

verb

(transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for became.

verb

(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

verb

(transitive) To be appropriate for.

verb

(transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).

verb

(intransitive, archaic other than in become of) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.

Example sentences

1

After third-party games became legitimized, dozens of game companies sprouted up and tried to poach people from Atari.

2

We started building this for a different SaaS business but it quickly became clear that others could use it.

3

Many Christians became non-practicing because they got busy with their jobs or they just stopped believing.

4

Was there anything Dave that you were holding off till you became successful - by whatever your definition of that is.

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But what made Mandela great is that he changed and became a reconciliation figure.

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Otherwise intermediate sites could just make up new identities once old ones became tarnished.

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We had encryption in past, but unfortunatelly people are became scared when they relogin on other device and lost all messaging history.

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It was decentralized when most people in it were tech savvy, it became centralized as more people got in that are not tech savvy.

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MTV became hugely popular and helped gain popularity for a wide variety of different music that might not have become nearly as popular otherwise.

10

EMM386 only became the defacto standard for games around 1993 or so.

11

He cared about kids, but he became an activist about his dog.

12

For me, I became the computer lab teacher's assistant in order to skip recesses or other activities in middle school.

Quote examples

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Only then cable sort of "stepped in", became more prominent and got good content.

2

Look at "It's shockingly easy to exploit legal immigrant workers" and "How Planned Parenthood became Republicans' public enemy no.

3

It technically became "no longer possible to maintain control" over intellectual property hundreds of years ago with the invention of the printing press.

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While, in the article Meagher is describing “how and why the estate tax became part of the pro-family agenda of social conservatives.” I'm a bit confused by this.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use became in a sentence?

After third-party games became legitimized, dozens of game companies sprouted up and tried to poach people from Atari.

What does became mean?

(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

What part of speech is became?

became is commonly used as verb.