been

Verb

Verb Forms: be, was, been, being, is

• Past participle of 'be'; indicates existence or occurrence.
• The past participle of the verb 'to be'.
• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• be identical to; be someone or something
• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
• have an existence, be extant
• happen, occur, take place
• be identical or equivalent to
• form or compose
• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
• represent, as of a character on stage
• spend or use time
• have life, be alive
• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
• be priced at
• past participle of be.
• remote past form of be.
• Synonym of be (infinitival sense).
• plural simple present of be.

Noun

• plural of bee

Examples

• All the fries have been eaten.
• He been had that job.
• He had been planning that triple word score play for three turns.
• If you’ve BEEN studying the word list, you’ll know ’QI’ is a valid play.
• It useta been five foot long.
• Postman been?
• They been here since yesterday. (dialectal, e.g. AAVE, omitting have)
• We been knew they was doing this.

Synonyms

be, comprise, constitute, cost, embody, equal, exist, follow, live, make up, personify, represent

Antonyms

differ