been
verb/bɪn//biːn/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Old English ġebēon Middle English been English been From Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon. By surface analysis, be + -en.
Definitions
past participle of be.
- All the fries have been eaten.
- We're safe, but the car's been totaled.
- Postman been?
remote past form of be.
- He been had that job.
- We been knew they was doing this.
Synonym of be (infinitival sense).
- It useta been five foot long.
- "Bones", says he, "I tink dey's a-goin' to been a war ober de Alabamy question[…]
- Yur a boald 'un to tell the missus theer to hur feeace as how ya wur 'tossicatit whan ya owt to been duing yur larful business.
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plural simple present of be.
- My love is fair, my love is gay, / As fresh as been the flowers in May;
- Theſe Beaſtes been of higheſt Regard and Price / To pleaſure Princes and to murder vice.
- Where when men been, there's ſeldome eaſe,
plural of bee
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA