been

[bin, ben] / bɪn, bɛn /

VERB

exist

Synonyms

STRONG

abide act breathe continue do endure hold inhabit last live move obtain persist prevail remain rest stand stay subsist survive

WEAK

be alive go on have being have place

Antonyms

STRONG

cease depart die discontinue forsake give up go halt idle leave lose pass quit refuse reject stop

VERB

happen

Synonyms

STRONG

befall occur transpire

WEAK

come about come to pass take place

Example Sentences

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I am the same entity you've been talking to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

There hadn’t been a single hole-in-one at the Masters since 2022, when Stewart Cink carded one on the 16th—the same hole Lowry had aced six years earlier with a brilliant 8-iron.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Up north, the San Francisco Bay Area has already been experiencing the severe weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

"As a Christian, I don't believe anybody should endure what these women have been through," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

I’d been sickeningly jealous, but she’d shared her unexpected secret so freely.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith