be
About 1665.65 uses per million words.
Meaning
- symbol ISO 639-1 language code for Belarusian.
- verb As an auxiliary verb: Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
The dog was saved by the boy.
- verb Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
The dog was saved by the boy.
- verb Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.
The woman is walking.
- verb Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
I am to leave tomorrow.
- verb Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
He is finished.
- verb To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- verb As a copulative verb: To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us.
Similar words
living thing existence beingness life form organism hib cgs osi ocs caribbean
Often followed by
a the used made found able in seen taken considered
Word family
BE Be am are be's been being bes is was
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