becoming
Americanadjective
noun
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any process of change.
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Aristotelianism. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
adjective
noun
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any process of change
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(in the philosophy of Aristotle) any change from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality
Other Word Forms
- becomingly adverb
- becomingness noun
- well-becoming adjective
Etymology
Origin of becoming
Example Sentences
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Conroy also spent seven years with the Royal Artillery as a soldier before becoming a professional photographer and was a trustee of the Frontline Club for media professionals, diplomats and aid workers.
From BBC
It’s becoming comical: chief heart, well-being and happiness officers, even chief vibes and inspiration officers.
Harsimran Singh, who owns a trucking company in Manteca, Calif., has found it harder to find drivers since the crackdown on English skills as foreign-born truckers are becoming worried about traveling to certain states.
Dutch Bros, a coffee and beverage chain still unknown in many parts of the country, is becoming a thorn in Starbucks’s side.
"The people using these products are, in essence, becoming lab rats," Adam Taylor, professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, explains.
From BBC
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