be

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

2. 2intransitive verb

   To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.

3. 3intransitive verb

   To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.

5. 5

   A prefix, originally the same word as by

6. 6

   To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.

7. 7

   To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

8. 8

   To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).

9. 9noun

   a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

   Synonyms

   berylliumglucinium
10. 10verb

    spend or use time

    "I may be an hour"

11. 11verb

    work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

    "He is a herpetologist"

    "She is our resident philosopher"

    Synonyms

    follow
12. 12verb

    have an existence, be extant

    "Is there a God?"

    Synonyms

    exist
13. 13verb

    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

    "John is rich"

    "This is not a good answer"

14. 14verb

    have life, be alive

    "Our great leader is no more"

    "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

    Synonyms

    live
15. 15verb

    be identical to; be someone or something

    "The president of the company is John Smith"

    "This is my house"

16. 16verb

    form or compose

    "This money is my only income"

    "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"

    Synonyms

    compriseconstituterepresent
17. 17verb

    occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere "The toolshed is in the back"

    "Where is my umbrella?"

    "What is behind this behavior?"

18. 18verb

    be identical or equivalent to

    "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

    Synonyms

    equal
19. 19verb

    represent, as of a character on stage

    "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

    Synonyms

    embodypersonify
20. 20verb

    be priced at

    "These shoes cost $100"

    Synonyms

    cost
21. 21verb

    to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

    "let her be"

22. 22verb

    happen, occur, take place

    "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"

    "There were two hundred people at his funeral"