How do you use the word "become" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "become" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "become": A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration. If you eat too much, you'll become fat.

Become Meaning

/bɪˈkʌm/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbbegin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

verbTo come about; happen; come into being; arise.

Sentence Examples

A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.

If you eat too much, you'll become fat.

High-speed internet access has become a necessity.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

get turn

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

With dedication and effort, you will ____ a successful artist someday.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It will ____ very cold tonight, so please remember to wear your coat today.

Word Origin & History

A compound of the sources of be- + 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 *bikwemaną (“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 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem. Displaced Old English weorþan.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years." — 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them." — 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:

"And Time went forth into the worlds to obey the commands of the gods, yet he cast furtive glances at his masters, and the gods distrusted Time because he had known the worlds or ever the gods became." — 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3:

"Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood." — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

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