Be

Definition of be:

Was.

part of speech: verb

To exist; to have any state or quality.

part of speech: participle

Being.

part of speech: verb

To exist; have existence in fact, physical or mental; to include or involve as a result; produce; become; last; mean; to happen; to concern; to belong.

part of speech: participle

Been.

part of speech: verb

To live: to exist: to have a certain state or quality:- pr. p. being pa. p. been ( bin).

Usage examples for be:

• And why should I be with them? "Who Goes There?", Blackwood Ketcham Benson.

• What would I be doing here? "The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill", Winston Churchill.

• But she will be "The Duke's Children", Anthony Trollope.

• Oh, we can't be "Swamp Island", Mildred A. Wirt.