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- [bin]
- /bɪn/
- /biːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bin]
- /bɪn/
Definitions of been word
- noun been Been is the past participle of be1. 3
- verb been If you have been to a place, you have gone to it or visited it. 3
- abbreviation BEEN be 3
- verb been past participle of be. 1
- noun been Exist. 1
- noun been (Britain dialectal) plural of bee. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of been
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English been, Old English bēon (bēo- (akin to Old Frisian, Old High German bim, German bin, Old Saxon bium, biom (I) am, Old English, Old High German, Old Saxon būan, Old Norse būa reside, Latin fuī (I) have been, Greek phy- grow, become, Old Irish boí (he) was, Sanskrit bhávati (he) becomes, is, Lithuanian búti to be, OCS byti, Persian būd was)) + -n infinitive suffix. See am, is, are1, was, were
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Been
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
been popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".