Definitions for been

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been been

Spelling: [bin]

IPA: /bɪn/

Been is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in been (been).

Definitions for been

verb

1. past participle of be.

auxiliary verb

1. (used with the present participle of another verb to form the progressive tense):
2. (used with the present participle or infinitive of the principal verb to indicate future action):
3. (used with the past participle of another verb to form the passive voice):
4. (used in archaic or literary constructions with some intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense):

verb (used without object)

1. to exist or live:
2. to take place; happen; occur:
3. to occupy a place or position:
4. to continue or remain as before:
5. to belong; attend; befall:
6. (used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject):
7. (used as a copula to introduce or form interrogative or imperative sentences):

Origin of been

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 N