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been

/biːn/
Meanings
  • Verb

    1. Past tense and past participle of the verb 'be'. Indicates that an action has been completed.

    - "I have been to Paris."
    - "She has been studying for hours."
  • Verb

    2. Past participle used in perfect tenses and some auxiliary verbs.

    - "They have been waiting for hours."
    - "The cake has been baked."
Pronunciation
  1. /biːn/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1924868"
  2. /bɛn/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1217931"
Synonyms

king of insects
Rhymes
Words rhyming with been
been , keen , seen , mean , glean , serene , team , extreme , dream
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. been (English) : Past participle of 'be'

  2. been (Scottish Gaelic) : The name of a town

Variants
List of all variants of been that leads to same result
be , been , BEEN , am , are , being , is , was , were , has-been , has-beens , had situations been reversed , had two people's situations been reversed , if situations been reversed , if two people's situations been reversed , if/had (two people's) situations been reversed , if it had not been for , I have been there , someone's prayers have been answered , where have you been , around , been around
Forms
Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

I have been, you have been, he/she/it has been, we have been, they have been

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English 'ben,' past participle of 'beon,' meaning 'to be'.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'been' appears approximately 1,200 times per million words in the English language.

  2. The longest English word containing 'been' is 'unconscionably', which has 14 letters.

Related Concepts
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  1. perfect tenses: Tenses used to express actions that were completed in the past but have relevance to the present.

  2. past participle: A verb form that indicates the completion of an action.

Culture
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In literature, 'been' is often used to describe past experiences and completed actions. In art, it can be represented visually through various mediums such as paintings and sculptures that depict past events.

How to Memorize "been"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a timeline with completed actions represented by 'been'. Imagine yourself moving along the timeline, passing each completed action.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'been' with the idea of completion and past experiences.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic such as 'B-E-E-N' standing for 'B-e-ing-E-xperienced' to remember the meaning of 'been'.

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