BE

• to occur
• to occupy a certain place
• to continue as before
• (used to connect the subject with its predicate adjective or nominative)
• (used to form interrogative or imperative sentences)
• (used with other verbs to form progressive tenses, the passive voice, etc.)
• beryllium
• have identity with the first person I met was my brother
• constitute the same class as
• have a specified qualification or characterization the leaves are green
• belong to the class of the fish is a trout used regularly in senses 1a through 1e as the copula of simple predication
• have an objective existence have reality or actuality live I think, therefore I am
• have, maintain, or occupy a place, situation, or position the book is on the table
• remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted used only in infinitive form let him be
• take place occur the concert was last night
• come or go has already been and gone has never been to the circus
• long befall
• ed with the past participle of transitive verbs as a passive-voice auxiliary the money was found the house is being built
• the auxiliary of the present participle in progressive tenses expressing continuous action he is reading I have been sleeping
• ed with the past participle of some intransitive verbs as an auxiliary forming archaic perfect tenses Christ is risen from the dead 1 Corinthians 1520(Douay Version)
• ed with the infinitive with to to express futurity, arrangement in advance, or obligation I am to interview him today she was to become famous
• to have actuality [v AM, ARE, ART, BEEN, BEING, IS, WAS, WAST, WERE, WERT]
• to equal in meaning have the same connotation as symbolize God is love January is the first month let x be 10
• to exist or live
• to exist [v IS, ARE, BEING, WAS, (obs.) WAST, (obs.) WERT, WERE, BEEN, (obs.) ART, AM]

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