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Meaning of be
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Be
n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
[syn: {beryllium}, {Be}, {glucinium}, {atomic number 4}]
v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective
or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good
answer"
2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of
the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my
umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind
this behavior?"
4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
{exist}, {be}]
5: 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"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen"
6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
rubles these days!" [syn: {equal}, {be}] [ant: {differ}]
7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute
my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus";
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few
men comprise his entire army" [syn: {constitute},
{represent}, {make up}, {comprise}, {be}]
8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: {be}, {follow}]
9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: {embody}, {be}, {personify}]
10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: {be}, {live}]
12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used
only in infinitive form; "let her be"
13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: {cost}, {be}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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