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γίνομαι — meaning in English

ginomai

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English meaning

  • be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  • become verb To start being something different; to change into.
  • end up phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
  • happen verb To take place; to occur.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

γίνομαι is used for these senses in English:

  • be To occur, to take place.
  • become (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
  • end up (copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
  • happen (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
  • turn (copulative) To become (begin to be).

be — full definition

  1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

become — full definition

  1. verb To start being something different; to change into.
  2. verb To suit or look attractive on someone (formal/literary).

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