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解説 Definition
becoming は become（なる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。「〜になること」「〜になっている」という意味で、変化の途中や将来の状態へ向かうことを表します。名詞として使う場合は Becoming a doctor のように文の主語にもなります。
Becoming is the gerund or present participle of become, referring to the process of changing into a new state, role, or condition. As a gerund, it can function as a noun, as in “Becoming a teacher takes time.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
becoming は原形 become に -ing を付けた形で、語末の e を落として becoming と綴ります。発音は /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/。Becoming a teacher のように「〜になること」を名詞として表し、be becoming stronger なら「次第に〜になっている」という変化の途中を示します。
Start with become, meaning “to enter or develop into a new state.” Before adding -ing, drop the final silent e: become becomes becoming, pronounced /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/. Think of someone moving along a path toward a new identity or condition. In Becoming a teacher is her dream, the whole phrase names an activity or goal. In is becoming stronger, the form belongs to a continuous verb phrase and emphasizes that the change is happening gradually.
例文
Becoming a teacher is her dream.
先生になることが彼女の夢です。
He is becoming stronger.
彼はだんだん強くなっています。
Becoming friends takes time.
友だちになるには時間がかかります。
becoming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 becuman（到達する、起こる）から。接頭辞 be-（完全に）＋ cuman（来る）で「ある状態に至る」が原義。名詞としては哲学用語で「生成・変化の過程」を指す。同根語に come、become がある。
Becoming is formed from become by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Become developed from Old English becuman, meaning “to come to, arrive, happen, or attain.” It combined be- with cuman, the ancestor of modern come. The sense of physically or figuratively arriving at something developed into the modern meaning “to enter a particular state or condition.”
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