From Longman Dictionary of Up to date Englishbecomebe?come /b??k?m/ ??? S1 W1 verb (past tense became /-?ke?m/, past participle become)    1 [linking verb]BECOME to start to have a feeling or quality, or to start to develop into some thing  The temperature became warmer.  Gradually my eyes turned accustomed for the darkness.  Helen became prog