{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "bi" ], "listenurl": [] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English been (“to be”). \n\n\nfurther etymology of be and its conjugationed forms\n\nThe various forms have three separate origins, which were mixed together at various times in the history of English.\n\nThe forms beginning with b- come from Old English bēon (“to be, become”), from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, exist, come to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”), from the root *bʰuH-. In particular:\nNow-dialectal use of been as an infinitive of be is either from Middle English been (“to be”) or an extension of the past participle.\nNow-obsolete use of been as a plural present tense (meaning \"are\") is from Middle English been, be (present plural of been (“to be”), with the -n leveled in from the past and subjunctive; compare competing forms aren/are).\nUse of been as a past participle is from Middle English been, ybeen, from Old English ġebēon.\nThe forms beginning with w- come from the aforementioned Old English bēon, which shared its past tense with the verb wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).\nThe remaining forms (am, are, is) are also from Old English wesan (“to be”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, from the root *h₁es-.", "A variant of by which goes back to Middle English be (variant of Middle English bi).", "Borrowed from Russian бэ (bɛ)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive, now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.\nThe Universe has no explanation: it just is." }, { "mean": "(with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.\n\nThere is just one woman in town who can help us.\n(or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To occupy a place.\nThe cup is on the table." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To occur, to take place.\nWhen will the meeting be?" }, { "mean": "(intransitive, in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of \"be here\", \"go to and return from\" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of \"go\".\nThe postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.\nI have been to Spain many times.\nWe've been about twenty miles.\nI have terrible constipation – I haven't been for several days.\nThey have been through a great deal of trouble." }, { "mean": "(copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.\nKnowledge is bliss.\nHi, I’m Jim." }, { "mean": "(copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.\n3 times 5 is fifteen." }, { "mean": "(copulative) Used to indicate that the subject is an instance of the predicate nominal.\nA dog is an animal.\nDogs are animals." }, { "mean": "(copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.\nFrançois Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995." }, { "mean": "(copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective.\nThe sky is blue.\nFather, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. (Luke 22:42)" }, { "mean": "(copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.\nThe sky is a deep blue today." }, { "mean": "(auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.\nThe dog was saved by the boy." }, { "mean": "(auxiliary) Used to form the continuous aspect.\nThe woman is walking.\nI shall be writing to you soon.\nWe liked to chat while we were eating." }, { "mean": "(auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs; this was more common in archaic use, especially with verbs indicating motion. \"He is finished\", and \"He is gone\" are common, but \"He is come\" is archaic." }, { "mean": "(formal, auxiliary) Used to express future action as well as what is due to, intended to, or should happen.\nThey are to be married next month.\nThey are to stay here until I return.\nThey are not to be blamed.\nHow are they to get out of this mess?\nI am to leave tomorrow.\nI would drive you, were I to obtain a car." }, { "mean": "(copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.\nThis building is three hundred years old.\nI am 75 kilograms.\nHe’s about 6 feet tall." }, { "mean": "(copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.\nI’m 20 (years old)." }, { "mean": "(with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.\nIt is almost eight (o’clock).\nIt’s 8:30 in Tokyo.\nWhat time is it there? It’s night." }, { "mean": "(With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.\nIt has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to \"My grandmother died three years ago\", but emphasizes the intervening period)\nIt had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him." }, { "mean": "(rare and regional, chiefly in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. \nI saw her Monday was a week: I saw her a week ago last Monday (a week before last Monday).\nOn the morning of Sunday was fortnight before Christmas: on the morning of the Sunday that was two weeks before the Sunday prior to Christmas." }, { "mean": "(often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.\nIt is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.\nWhy is it so dark in here?" }, { "mean": "(dynamic / lexical \"be\", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.\n\n\"What do we do?\" \"We be ourselves.\"\nWhen I play fantasy games, I always be a gnome.\nWhy is he being nice to me?" }, { "mean": "(African-American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "“be”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass. Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.\n“be”, inDictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.\n\"be\" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003." } ] }, { "name": "Preposition", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(dialectal, possibly dated) Alternative form of by. Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra.\n1851, Oliver Ormerod, Felley fro Rachde:\nO ful tru un pertikler akeawnt o... th' greyt Eggshibishun. Be o felley fro Rachde.\n1860, Henry Baird, The Song of Solomon in the Devonshire Dialect, i 8:\nGo thy way vorth be tha vootsteps uv tha vlock.\n1870, Joseph Philip Robson, Evangeline: The Spirit of Progress, 332:\nAw teuk me seat be day an' neet.\n1870, Roger Piketah, Forness Folk 44:\nFetchin' it yan... be a round about rooad.\n1878, John Castillo, Poems in the North Yorkshire Dialect, 35:\nLike a leeaf be firm decree / Mun fade an' fall.\n1885, Alfred Lord Tennyson, To-morrow:\n‘I'll meet you agin to-morra,’ says he, ‘be the chapel-door.’" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б." } ] }, { "name": "Phrasal_verbs", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "be after\nbe along\nbe away (=be somewhere else)\nbe down on sb. (show negative attitude towards sb.)\nbe in (be at home or at work)\nbe in on sth. (to be involved in sth.)\nbe not on (be unacceptable)\nbe off (1. be not fresh food) / (2. leave, depart)\nbe on (take place)\nbe on sth. (take drugs)\nbe on about sth.\nbe onto sb.\nbe out (be away)\nbe out of sth. (have no more left)\nbe out to do sth. (attempt)\nbe up (be out of bed)\nbe up for sth. (look forward to sth.)" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "레퍼런스", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "전치사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "구어_동사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(to exist): See also Thesaurus:exist", "(used to form passive): get" ], "kor": [ "", "" ] } } }