different between become vs came

English

Etymology

A compound of the sources of be- and come.From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikweman? (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) +? come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??k?m/, /b??k?m/

  (Northern England) IPA^(key): /b??k?m/, /b??k?m/

• (US) IPA^(key): /b??k?m/, /bi?k?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Hyphenation: be?come

Verb

become (third-person singular simple present becomes, present participle becoming, simple past became, past participle become or (rare, dialectal) becomen)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place). [9th–18th c.]
2. (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. [from 12th c.]

3. (copulative) begin to be; turn into. [from 12th c.]

   Synonyms: get, turn, go
5. (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
   • 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, scene ii:

     Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant,

     And bring thee forth brave brood.

   • 1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966,^[1]

     He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity […]

   • 1930, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, 2010, p.7:

     His ordination […] enabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.

6. (transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). [from 14th c.]

Usage notes

• In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use, and verbs used -est for distinct second-person singular indicative forms, the verb call had the form becomest, and had becamest for its past tense.
• Similarly, when the ending -eth was in active use for third-person singular present indicative forms, the form becometh was used.

Synonyms

• (to be suitable for): befit, suit

Translations

References

• become in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• become in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “become”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?m/, [k?e??m]
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

Verb

came

1. simple past tense of come
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come
3. simple past tense of cum

Preposition

came

1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

Synonyms

• (following event etc, in the past after waiting): by, when [event, period, change in state] came/arrived

See also

• come (preposition)

Etymology 2

Compare Scots came (“comb”), caim (“comb”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

1. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

Translations

References

• came at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, Mace, Ma?e, acme, eMac, mace

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”).

Noun

came f (plural cames)

1. cam (part of engine)

Derived terms

• arbre à cames

Etymology 2

Inflected form of camer.

Verb

came

1. first-person singular present indicative of camer
2. third-person singular present indicative of camer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of camer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of camer
5. second-person singular imperative of camer

Latin

Noun

c?me

1. vocative singular of c?mus

Northern Kurdish

Noun

came ?

1. dress, clothing, garment

Derived terms

• camedank