be

Meanings

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• be identical to; be someone or something
• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
  • "What is behind this behavior?"
• have an existence, be extant
• happen, occur, take place
• be identical or equivalent to
• form or compose
  • "These constitute my entire belonging"
• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
• represent, as of a character on stage
• spend or use time
  • "I may be an hour"
• have life, be alive
• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
  • "let her be"
• be priced at

Synonyms

atomic number 4, beryllium, comprise, constitute, cost, embody, equal, exist, follow, glucinium, live, make up, personify, represent