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{ "term": "be", "partOfSpeech": "verblinking verblinking verblinking verblinking verblinking verblinking verblinking verblinking verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "am/are", "heSheIt": "is" }, "pastSimple": "past simple was", "pastParticiple": "been", "ingForm": "being" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "used when you are naming people or things, describing them or giving more information about them", "sensetop": "+ noun+ adj.be (that)…be doing somethingbe to do something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Today is Monday.", "contextForm": "+ noun" }, { "text": "‘Who is that?’ ‘It's my brother.’" }, { "text": "She's a great artist." }, { "text": "Susan is a doctor." }, { "text": "He wants to be *(= become)* a pilot when he grows up." }, { "text": "It's beautiful!", "contextForm": "+ adj." }, { "text": "Life is unfair." }, { "text": "He is ten years old." }, { "text": "‘How are you?’ ‘I'm very well, thanks.’" }, { "text": "Be quick!" }, { "text": "**The fact is** (that) we don’t have enough money.", "contextForm": "be (that)…" }, { "text": "The problem is getting it all done in the time available.", "contextForm": "be doing something" }, { "text": "The problem is to get it all done in the time available.", "contextForm": "be to do something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "used when you are describing a situation or saying what you think about it", "sensetop": "it is/was+ adj.+ noun", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It was really hot in the sauna.", "contextForm": "+ adj." }, { "text": "It's strange how she never comes to see us any more." }, { "text": "He thinks it's clever to make fun of people." }, { "text": "It would be a shame if you lost it.", "contextForm": "+ noun" }, { "text": "It's going to be a great match." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to exist; to be present", "sensetop": "there is/are + noun", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Is there a God?" }, { "text": "Once upon a time there was a princess…" }, { "text": "I tried phoning but there was no answer." }, { "text": "There's a bank down the road." }, { "text": "Was there a pool at the hotel?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to be located; to be in a place", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The town is three miles away." }, { "text": "If you're looking for your file, it's on the table." }, { "text": "Mary's upstairs." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "used to say where somebody was born or where their home is", "sensetop": "be from…", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She's from Italy." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to happen at a time or in a place", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The party is on Friday evening." }, { "text": "The meetings are always in the main conference room." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to remain in a place", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She has been in her room for hours." }, { "text": "They're here till Christmas." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to attend an event; to be present in a place", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'll be at the party." }, { "text": "He'll be here soon *(= will arrive soon)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "used to talk about time", "sensetop": "it is/was+ noun+ adj.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It's two thirty.", "contextForm": "+ noun" }, { "text": "It was late at night when we finally arrived.", "contextForm": "+ adj." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to cost", "sensetop": "+ noun", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "‘How much is that dress?’ ‘Eighty dollars.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to be equal to", "sensetop": "+ noun", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Three and three is six." }, { "text": "How much is a thousand pounds in euros?" }, { "text": "Let x be the sum of a and b." }, { "text": "London is not England *(= do not think that all of England is like London)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "to visit or call", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "labels": "(British English)North American English", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I've never been to Spain." }, { "text": "He had been abroad many times." }, { "text": "Has the postman been yet?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "used to say what something is made of", "sensetop": "+ noun", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Is your jacket real leather?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 14, "definition": "used to say who something belongs to or who it is intended for", "sensetop": "be mine, yours, etc.be for me, you, etc.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The money's not yours, it's John's.", "contextForm": "be mine, yours, etc." }, { "text": "This package is for you.", "contextForm": "be for me, you, etc." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 15, "definition": "used to say how important something is to somebody", "sensetop": "be everything, nothing, etc. (to somebody)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Money isn't everything *(= it is not the only important thing)*." }, { "text": "A thousand dollars is nothing to somebody as rich as he is." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "as somebody/something used to be called", "examples": [ { "text": "Jill Davis that was *(= before her marriage)*" }, { "text": "the Soviet Union, as was" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the most important part; all that matters", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Her career is the be-all and end-all of her existence." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to show that you are surprised and annoyed by something that somebody has done", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Someone's been and parked in front of the entrance!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that somebody/something stopped somebody/something from happening", "examples": [ { "text": "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be alive today." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to show that you accept that something negative cannot be changed", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I never imagined that our company share prices would fall so low, but it is what it is." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to leave somebody/something alone without bothering them/it", "examples": [ { "text": "Leave her be, she obviously doesn't want to talk about it." }, { "text": "Let the poor dog be *(= don't annoy it)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "future", "examples": [ { "text": "his bride-to-be" }, { "text": "mothers-to-be *(= pregnant women)*" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/bi//biː/", "audio": "be/be/be__gb_7.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/æm//ɑː(r)/", "audio": "am/be/am__gb_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪz/", "audio": "is/be/is__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wəz//wɒz/", "audio": "wa/be/was__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒznt/", "audio": "wa/be/wasn_t_1_gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wə(r)//wɜː(r)/", "audio": "we/be/were__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/biːn//bɪn/", "audio": "be/be/been__gb_5.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈbiːɪŋ/", "audio": "be/be/being__gb_3.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/bi//biː/", "audio": "be/be/be__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/æm//ɑːr/", "audio": "am/be/am__us_3_rr.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪz/", "audio": "is/be/is__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wəz//wʌz/", "audio": "wa/be/was__us_3_rr.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌznt/", "audio": "wa/be/wasn_t_1_us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wər//wɜːr/", "audio": "we/be/were__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/bɪn/", "audio": "be/be/been__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈbiːɪŋ/", "audio": "be/be/being__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English bēon, an irregular and defective verb, whose full conjugation derives from several originally distinct verbs. The forms am and is are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sum and est. The forms was and were are from an Indo-European root meaning ‘remain’. The forms be and been are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin fui ‘I was’, fio ‘I become’, and Greek phuein ‘bring forth, cause to grow’. The origin of are is uncertain." }