been

verb

Definition of beennext
past participle of be
1
as in lived
to have life stories that begin with the familiar line "once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden"

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2
as in sat
to occupy a place or location we'll be there waiting for you

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3
as in ranked
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes our school's football team is first in its division

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4
as in happened
to take place the party is next Saturday

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for been
  1. sat
  2. happened
  3. existed
  4. placed
  5. done
Verb
  • Customers sat at tables for long stretches of time, eating course after course of unlimited shrimp.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Well, actually … On Thursday, Johnson sat two seats over from his new coach for a television interview about their team.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of sat
Verb
  • The incident happened Wednesday on a flight from Miami to Charlotte, North Carolina.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement What happened in court?
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of happened
Verb
  • In that case, too, the final agreement wasn’t over whether their work could ever be manipulated by AI—special effects have existed in movies for a long time, after all—but whether the creator has an informed say in it.
    Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The data existed in the community; it was just locked away from management.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of existed
Verb
  • But Ong’s business practices were placed under the microscope after his ties with Iswaran led to the worst graft scandal in the financial hub for decades.
    Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But in actuality, each character is bumping up against the limits placed on them by potent forces beyond their reach.
    Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of placed
Verb
  • Some tasks are highly complex but need to be done quickly, while others take much longer to develop and execute, requiring strategic foresight and long-term planning.
    Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Where Salesforce Could Go From Here What Salesforce announced at Dreamforce is impressive, and the company has done a very good job of demystifying AI and presenting an aligned product strategy.
    Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of done
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