how to pronounce became

/bɪˈkɛɪm/

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became is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of became in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… type ii res case became much larger and …”

meanings of became

verb:

Simple past tense of become.
Past participle of become.

became frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word became occurs in english on average 144.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.