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became of

became of is the simple past of become of.

Meaning of become of

Verb

become of (third-person singular simple present becomes of, present participle becoming of, simple past became of, past participle become of)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to happen to, to occur to.
    • Then the Witch looked at the big, shaggy Lion and asked, "When Dorothy has returned to her own home, what will become of you?"1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    Synonyms:
    come of

Questions about became of

What is became of the simple past of?
Became of is the simple past of become of.

Words near became of in the dictionary

  1. becalming
  2. becalmment
  3. becalmments
  4. becalms
  5. became
  6. became of
  7. became one flesh
  8. became the Joker
  9. becamedst
  10. becamest
  11. becampanel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: became of (page history and authors); become of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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