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attractive, flattering, appropriate, attractive, befitting, comely, convenient, decorum, fit, flattering, gainly, good

Becoming

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be·com·ing

[bi-kuhm-ing] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.

2.	suitable; appropriate; proper: a becoming sentiment.

–noun

3.	any process of change.

4.	Aristotelianism. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.

[Origin: 1555–65; become + -ing¹, -ing²

]

—Related forms

be·com·ing·ly, adverb

be·com·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. comely. 2. fitting, meet, fit, apt, right, decorous, congruous, seemly.

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be·come

[bi-kuhm] Pronunciation Key verb, be·came, be·come, be·com·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to come, change, or grow to be (as specified): He became tired.

2.	to come into being.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to be attractive on; befit in appearance; look well on: That gown becomes you.

4.	to be suitable or necessary to the dignity, situation, or responsibility of: conduct that becomes an officer.

—Idiom

5.	become of, to happen to; be the fate of: What will become of him?

[Origin: bef. 900; ME becumen, OE becuman to come about, happen; c. D bekomen, G bekommen, Goth biqiman. See be-, come

]

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be·come   (bĭ-kŭm') Pronunciation Key
v.   be·came (-kām'), be·come, be·com·ing, be·comes

v.   intr.
To grow or come to be: became more knowledgeable; will become clearer in the morning.

v.   tr.

To be appropriate or suitable to: "It would not become me . . . to interfere with parties" (Jonathan Swift).
To show to advantage; look good with: The new suit becomes you.

Phrasal Verb(s):
become of
To be the fate of; happen to: What has become of the old garden?

[Middle English bicomen, from Old English becuman; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·com·ing (bĭ-kŭm'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Appropriate, suitable, or proper.
Pleasing or attractive to the eye.

be·com'ing·ly adv., be·com'ing·ness n.

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becoming
adjective
1.	according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
2.	displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"

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Becoming

Be*come"\, v. i. [imp. Became; p. p. Become; p. pr. & vb. n. Becoming.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piqu["e]man, Goth. biquiman to come upon, G. bekommen to get, suit. See Be-, and Come.]

1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character.

The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen. ii. 7.

That error now which is become my crime. --Milton.

2. To come; to get. [Obs.]

But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak.

To become of, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of.

What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W. Raleigh.

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Becoming

Be*com"ing\, a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

A low and becoming tone. --Thackeray.

Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of.