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be   (TTS Sound)

The noun be has 1 sense

• beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4 -- (a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element)

The verb be has 13 senses

• be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")


• be -- (be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house")


• be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?")


• exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?")


• be -- (happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen")


• equal, be -- (be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!")


• constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be -- (form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army")


• be, follow -- (work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher")


• embody, be, personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet")


• be -- (spend or use time; "I may be an hour")


• be, live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war")


• be -- (to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be")


• cost, be -- (be priced at; "These shoes cost $100")