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[ verb ] enter or assume a certain state or condition
Examples "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news" "It must be getting more serious" "her face went red with anger" "She went into ecstasy" "Get going!" Used in print (The New York Times,...)He merely became victimized by a form of athletics that respects no one and aggravates all . Arnold 's iron shot from the tee burrowed into the bunker guarding the green , an embankment that had become soft and spongy from the rains , thereby bringing local rules into force . ("Editorials"...)This may be opera_bouffe now , but it will become more serious should the cold_war mount in frenzy . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)When we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man 's worthlessness - until redeemed - the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon , a weapon designed and used time_and_time_again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church-state '' . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)If Bultmann 's own definition of myth is strictly adhered to ( and it is interesting that this is almost never done by those who make such pronouncements ) , the evidence is overwhelming that he does not at all exaggerate the extent to which the mythological concepts of traditional theology have become incredible and irrelevant . |
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[ verb ] undergo a change or development
Examples : "The water turned into ice" "Her former friend became her worst enemy" "He turned traitor" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Here , Prokofieff became a workman in the vineyards of Socialism - producing music for the masses . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)In 1806 his ambition was realized and he became professor of physics at the Copenhagen_University , though not realizing full professorship ( ordinarius ) until 1817 . One could also add to these analogies that steel loses its magnetism by heat , which proves that steel becomes a better conductor through a rise in temperature , just as electrical bodies do . ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Have you permitted it to become a giveaway program rather than one that has the goal of improved employee morale and , consequently , increased productivity ? (Sports Age, 24:9...)They come prepared for family fun because Americans in ever growing numbers are learning that here is the way to a fine economical vacation that becomes a family experience of lasting importance . Related terms transform come reduce suffocate flocculate nucleate carbonate change_state turn turn |
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