The meaning of BECOMING is suitable, fitting; especially : attractively suitable. How to use becoming in a sentence.

The book's 24 chapters (plus a preface and epilogue) are divided into three sections: Becoming Me, Becoming Us, and Becoming More. The preface sets the stage for Michelle Obama's …

/ bɪˈkʌm·ɪŋ / Add to word list attractive or suitable for someone: a becoming dress (Definition of becoming from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

1. tending to give a pleasing effect or attractive appearance: a becoming hairdo. 2. suitable; proper. n. 3. any process of change.

Behaviour that is becoming is appropriate and proper in the circumstances. This behaviour is not any more becoming among our politicians than it is among our voters.

Oct 31, 2025 · Noun [edit] becoming (usually uncountable, plural becomings) (chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes. quotations

to come, change, or grow to be (as specified): He became tired. to come into being. look well on: That gown becomes you. to be suitable or necessary to the dignity, situation, or responsibility …