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Be / be > 14 senses
NOUN	1	Be, beryllium, glucinium, atomic number 4	A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
VERB	1	be	Have the quality of being
	2	be	Be identical to
	3	be	Occupy a certain position or area
	4	be, exist	Have an existence, be extant
	5	be	Happen, occur, take place
	6	be, equal	Be identical or equivalent to
	7	be, constitute, represent, make up, comprise	Form or compose
	8	be, follow	Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
	9	be, embody, personify	Represent, as of a character on stage
	10	be	Spend or use time
	11	be, live	Have life, be alive
	12	be	To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
	13	be, cost	Be priced at

Be / be > pronunciation
Sounds	biy; biy'
Rhymes	ab / Ab / AB, abbe, abbey, and 55 more rhymes in biy...

Be > noun, substance
Meaning	A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
Synonyms	beryllium, glucinium, atomic number 4
Substance of	beryl; chrysoberyl; gadolinite, ytterbite
Broader	metallic element, metal

be > verb 1, stative
Meaning	Have the quality of being. (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP
Model	John will be angry
Narrower	look; suffer, hurt; be well; suffer; feel; stay, remain, rest; continue; sparkle, scintillate, coruscate; confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate; rank; point; want, need, require; compact, pack; rest; cut; seethe, boil; mope, moon around, moon about; look, appear, seem; appear, seem; owe; belong; cover; represent; account; cut across; begin, start; begin; stand; specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate; go; make sense, add up; consist, comprise; prove, turn out, turn up; account for; remain; stand by, stick by, stick, adhere; loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around; total, number, add up, come, amount; count, matter, weigh; rate; deserve, merit; buy; shine; fall; depend; underlie; stink; subtend, delimit; incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate; contain, take, hold; cost, be; measure; hum, buzz, seethe; pass; abound; disagree, disaccord, discord; gape, yawn, yaw; tend, be given, lean, incline, run; run, go; figure, enter; press; rage; relate, interrelate; rut; stagnate; stagnate; come in handy; squat; hoodoo; impend; range, run; stay, stay on, continue, remain; sell; translate; head, head up; come in for; compare; fall, come; run into, encounter; gravitate; pay; diverge; shine; iridesce; lie; stand; hang; litter; suit; end, terminate; fit; lend; let go; belong; belong; wind, twist, curve; jumble, mingle; promise; accept, take; clean; draw; wash; balance; hail, come; act; test; seem; answer; beat; hold; contain; connect; sell; sell; kill; make; deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify; consist; work; lubricate; breathe; trim; swing; osculate; retard; transplant; cohere; object; stick; recognize; distribute; put out

be > verb 2, stative
Meaning	Be identical to. Be someone or something.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

be > verb 3, stative
Meaning	Occupy a certain position or area. Be somewhere.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"What is behind this behavior?"
Narrower	stretch, stretch along; attend, go to; occupy, fill; dwell, live, inhabit; inhabit, occupy; stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away; reach, extend to, touch; run, go, pass, lead, extend; go, lead; cover, continue, extend; extend, poke out, reach out; lie; sit; face; straddle; follow; center on; lie, rest; belong, go; come

be > verb 4, stative
Meaning	Have an existence, be extant.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	exist
Narrower	come; preexist; kick around, knock about, kick about; coexist; prevail, hold, obtain; dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in; endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril; flow; distribute
Entailed by	live
Nouns	being

be > verb 5, stative
Meaning	Happen, occur, take place.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

be > verb 6, stative
Meaning	Be identical or equivalent to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	equal
Contrary	differ
Narrower	equate, correspond; match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree; represent, stand for, correspond; translate

be > verb 7, stative
Meaning	Form or compose.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"These constitute my entire belonging"
Synonyms	constitute, represent, make up, comprise
Narrower	make; compose; form, constitute, make; range, straddle; fall into, fall under; present, pose; supplement

be > verb 8, social
Meaning	Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	follow
Narrower	vet; cox

be > verb 9, stative
Meaning	Represent, as of a character on stage.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	embody, personify
Broader	typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
Narrower	body, personify; exemplify, represent

be > verb 10, possession
Meaning	Spend or use time.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"I may be an hour"
Broader	take, occupy, use up

be > verb 11, stative
Meaning	Have life, be alive.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	live
Similar to	survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
Entailed by	survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out; outlive, outlast, survive
Nouns	being

be > verb 12, stative
Meaning	To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"let her be"
Broader	stay, remain, rest

be > verb 13, stative
Meaning	Be priced at.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	cost
Broader	be
Narrower	set back, knock back, put back

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