becoming: Meaning and Definition of

be•com•ing

Pronunciation: (bi-kum'ing), [key]
— adj.
  1. that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
  2. suitable; appropriate; proper: a becoming sentiment.
—n.
  1. any process of change.
  2. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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