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becoming of

becoming of is the present participle and gerund 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 becoming of

What is becoming of the present participle and gerund of?
Becoming of is the present participle and gerund of become of.

Words near becoming of in the dictionary

  1. becomes the Joker
  2. becomest
  3. becometh
  4. becomin'
  5. becoming
  6. becoming of
  7. becoming one flesh
  8. becoming the Joker
  9. becomingly
  10. becomingness
  11. becomings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: becoming 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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