becoming English

Meaning becoming meaning

What does becoming mean?

becoming

— adjective displaying or setting off to best advantage a becoming new shade of rose a becoming portrait

— adjective (= comely, comme il faut, decent, seemly) 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

Synonyms becoming synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as becoming?

becoming English » English

suitable

appropriate

fitting

seemly

proper

befitting

well-matched

fit

being

right

decent

reasonable

comely

apt

applicable

adequate

opportune

meet

match

happening

formation

expedient

due

decorous

convenient

congenial

comme il faut

coming-to-be

changing

worthy

wise

well-behaved

useful

turning to

thrift

suited

springing

sound

shining

sensible

sage

sagacious

respectable

prudent

plausible

pat

of use

occurrence

made

judicious

Topics becoming topics

What do people use becoming to talk about?

States Quality Good

Right, proper

• What words describe something that is proper?
  right proper applicable apposite apropos becoming befitting correspond correspondent corresponding decent due expected felicitous germane meet opportune pertinent pleasing principled properly right-minded rightful smart suitable suited timely well well-timed

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Tense and aspect

Aspect--stative verbs

• state commences: beginning of a state of "becoming." Often called Inceptive or Inchoative. If there is a morpheme specifically for this meaning, it is usually derivational and restricted to stative words. However, it is also possible for "Perfects" or "Perfectives" to have this as their use with stative words.
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