how to pronounce become

/bɪˈkʌm/

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become is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of become in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… from it if you become a winner and I …”

meaning of become

To become means to change from one state or condition to another.

become frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word become occurs in english on average 303.6 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.

topics become can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that become can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;