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Be

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Meaning

Verb

●
  • As an
    verb:
  • Used with
    of
    to form the
    voice.
  • Used with
    of
    to form the
    aspect.
  • Used with
    of
    to
    ,
    ,
    , or
    future occurrence.
  • Used with
    of certain
    to form the
    aspect.
    • ●
    In African-American Vernacular English, Caribbean English & Irish English:
  • As an
    verb:
  • To
    to do, often do;
    the
    aspect.
    • ●
  • As a
    verb:
  • To exist.
  • Used to
    that the
    and
    are
    or equivalent.
  • Used to
    that the
    is an
    of the
    nominal.
  • Used to
    that the
    has the
    by an
    ,
    phrase.
  • Used to
    that the
    has the
    by a
    or
    phrase.
  • Used to
    a
    to a measurement.
  • Used to state the
    of a
    in years.
  • Used to
    the time of day.
  • Used to
    since the
    of an event.
  • Used to
    ,
    quality, or the like.
  • To
    or
    in a certain way.
    • ●
    In Regional English:
  • As a
    verb:
  • Used to
    two
    , the first of which is a day of the week,
    ,
    , or other specific time (on which the
    of the
    ), and the second of which is a
    how
    that day was.
    • ●
  • As an
    verb:
  • To
    ; to have
    , to be alive.
  • To
    in a certain state or situation.
  • To
    a place.
  • To
    , to take place.
  • Elliptical form of "be here", "
    and
    from" or
    , also
    to certain other
    of "go".

    • Prep

    ●
    Alternative form of by. Also found in
    , especially
    , e.g. begorra.

    Noun

    ●
    In Cyrillic letter names:
    The
    of the Cyrillic
    Б / б.
    ●
    Initialism of Bachelor of Engineering.

    Adj

    ●
    In Medicine:
    Initialism of board-eligible.

    Name

    ●
    Initialism of Black English.
    ●
    Initialism of Buddhist Era.
    ●
    Abbreviation of Berlin, a
    of Germany.
    ●
    Abbreviation of Bengkulu, a
    of Indonesia.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    be
    English
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    been
    Middle English (1100-1500)
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    beon
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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