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diventare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • become verb To start being something different; to change into.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

diventare is used for these senses in English:

  • become (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
  • fall (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  • get (copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.
  • get (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • go To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
  • go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • grow (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

become — full definition

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

fall — full definition

  1. verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  2. verb To decrease in amount, level, or intensity.
  3. verb To be defeated, collapse, or come to an end (of a government, city, or empire).
  4. verb To happen or occur on a particular date.
  5. noun Autumn; the season between summer and winter.

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