beenverb
uk/biːn//bɪn/us/biːn//bɪn/past participle of be
used to mean "visited" or "travelled",:
I've never been to Kenya, but I hope to visit it next year.
"Have you ever been there before?" - "Yes, I've been twice."
used as the past participle of "go" when the action referred to is finished:
She's been to the hairdresser's (= and now she has returned).
Do you need to go to the bathroom, or have you already been?
UK used to mean "arrived":
The postman hasn't been yet.
The doctor's just been (= has arrived and left).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- barge
- barge in
- be on the scene idiom
- breaking and entering idiom
- bugger
- come along
- go down
- invade
- keep (sb/sth) out
- land
- let
- let sb/sth in
- loom
- pile
- pitch
- pitch invasion
- pitch up
- rock
- roll up! idiom
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