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- verbbe (verb) · is (third person present) · are (third person present) · am (third person present) · was (past tense) · were (past tense) · being (present participle) · been (past participle)
- (there is/are)exist:"there are no easy answers" · "there once was a man" · "there must be something wrong" · "I think, therefore I am"
- be present:"there is a boy sitting on the step" · "there were no curtains around the showers" · "are there any castles in this area?"
- occur; take place:"the exhibition will be in November" · "the opening event is on October 16" · "that was before the war"
- occupy a position in space:"the Salvation Army store was on his left" · "she was not at the window"
- stay in the same place or condition:"he's a tough customer—let him be" · "she was here until about ten-thirty"
- attend:"the days when she was in school"
- come; go; visit:"he's from Missouri" · "I have just been to Thailand" · "the doctor's been here twice today"
- having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified:"Amy was 91" · "the floor was uneven" · "I want to be a teacher" · "father was not well" · "it will be Christmas soon" · "“Be careful,” Mr. Carter said" · "his hair's brown"
- cost:"the tickets were $25"
- amount to:"one and one is two" · "two sixes are twelve"
- represent:"let A be a square matrix of order n"
- signify:"we were everything to each other"
- consist of; constitute:"the monastery was several three-story buildings"
- informalsay:"when I got there, they were like “What are you doing here?”"
verb- used with a present participle to form continuous tenses:"they are coming" · "he had been reading" · "she will be waiting"
- used with a past participle to form the passive mood:"it was done" · "it is said" · "his book will be published"
- used to indicate something due to happen:"construction is to begin next summer" · "I was to meet him at 6:30"
- used to express obligation or necessity:"you are to follow these orders" · "they said I was to remain on board"
- used to express possibility:"these snakes are to be found in North America" · "she was nowhere to be seen"
- used to hypothesize about something that might happen:"if I were to lose" · "if I was to tell you, you'd think I was crazy" · "were she to cure me, what could I offer her?"
- archaicused with the past participle of intransitive verbs to form perfect tenses:"I am returned" · "all humanity is fallen"
OriginOld English bēon, an irregular and defective verb, whose full conjugation derives from several originally distinct verbs. The forms am and is are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sum and est. The forms was and were are from an Indo-European root meaning ‘remain’. The forms be and been are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin fui ‘I was’, fio ‘I become’, and Greek phuein ‘bring forth, cause to grow’. The origin of are is uncertain.prefix- (forming verbs) all over; all round:"bespatter"
- (forming verbs) thoroughly; excessively:"bewilder"
- (added to intransitive verbs) expressing transitive action:"bemoan"
- (added to adjectives and nouns) expressing transitive action:"befool" · "befriend"
- (added to nouns) affect with:"befog"
- (added to adjectives) cause to be:"befoul"
- (forming adjectives ending in -ed) having; covered with:"bejewelled"
OriginOld English, weak form of bī ‘by’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverbother
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