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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024be•com•ing /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - giving a pleasing effect or attractive appearance:wore a becoming hairdo.
- suitable;
proper:[usually: be + ~]Such language during that speech was not becoming.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024be•com•ing (bi kum′ing),USA pronunciation adj. - that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing:a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- suitable;
appropriate; proper:a becoming sentiment. n. - any process of change.
- Philosophy[Aristotelianism.]any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
- become + -ing1, -ing2 1555–65
be•com′ing•ly, adv. be•com′ing•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . comely.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . fitting, meet, fit, apt, right, decorous, congruous, seemly.
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