Collocations for "becoming"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "becoming" in context.
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become
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- become a [member, partner, sponsor, champion]
- become the [first, most, next, youngest, largest]
- is [set, about] to become the [first]
- become one with [yourself, the universe, your faith]
- is becoming a problem
- become [important, popular, aware, familiar]
- become [available for, accustomed to]
- will (soon) become [common, commonplace, necessary]
- is becoming increasingly [difficult, common, popular, important]
- is becoming less and less [difficult, effective]
- is becoming [cloudy, sunny, clear]
- is becoming [mostly, partly] [cloudy]
- [as, all] will become clear
- become pregnant
- become known for
- [what, whatever] became of him?
- what will become of me?
- behavior that becomes an [adult, officer, ambassador]
- as becomes a (true) [gentleman, lady]
- [sarcasm, it] doesn't become you
'becoming' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
actress
- addicted
- affluent
- affordable
- ambition
- become
- blurred
- brazen
- citizen
- cloudy
- concern
- danger
- dependent
- desperate
- distinction
- dream
- egg
- endangered
- evident
- faint
- fast
- forgetful
- frequent
- frustrated
- gradually
- growing
- halfway
- impatient
- increasingly
- influential
- irrelevant
- jeopardy
- lean
- likelihood
- major
- mold
- more
- move
- obvious
- overweight
- phenomenon
- pregnant
- proposition
- prospect
- quickly
- rare
- realize
- reform
- risk
- sadly