Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to been
Participle: beened
Gerund: beening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | been |
| you | been |
| he;she;it | beens |
| we | been |
| you | been |
| they | been |
Perfect
| I | have beened |
| you | have beened |
| he;she;it | has beened |
| we | have beened |
| you | have beened |
| they | have beened |
Past
| I | beened |
| you | beened |
| he;she;it | beened |
| we | beened |
| you | beened |
| they | beened |
Pluperfect
| I | had beened |
| you | had beened |
| he;she;it | had beened |
| we | had beened |
| you | had beened |
| they | had beened |
Future
| I | will been |
| you | will been |
| he;she;it | will been |
| we | will been |
| you | will been |
| they | will been |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beened |
| you | will have beened |
| he;she;it | will have beened |
| we | will have beened |
| you | will have beened |
| they | will have beened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | been |
| you | been |
| he;she;it | been |
| we | been |
| you | been |
| they | been |
Perfect
| I | have beened |
| you | have beened |
| he;she;it | have beened |
| we | have beened |
| you | have beened |
| they | have beened |
Imperfect
| I | beened |
| you | beened |
| he;she;it | beened |
| we | beened |
| you | beened |
| they | beened |
Pluperfect
| I | had beened |
| you | had beened |
| he;she;it | had beened |
| we | had beened |
| you | had beened |
| they | had beened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would been |
| you | would been |
| he;she;it | would been |
| we | would been |
| you | would been |
| they | would been |
Perfect
| I | would have beened |
| you | would have beened |
| he;she;it | would have beened |
| we | would have beened |
| you | would have beened |
| they | would have beened |
Imperative
| you | been |
| we | Let's been |
| you | been |
Verbs conjugated like 'been'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'been'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
4. Proto-Germanic *ga-
5. Proto-West Germanic *ga-
6. Old English ġe-
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
9. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.?
10. Proto-Germanic *beuną
11. Proto-West Germanic *beun
12. Old English bēon
13. Old English ġebēon
14. Middle English been
15. English been
16. From Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon. By surface analysis, be + -en. See: Middle English '
been'.
Verbs referencing "been"
Krio bin.
Sample Sentences
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All the fries have been eaten.
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We're safe, but the car's been totaled.
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Postman been?
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They been here since yesterday. (dialectal, e.g. AAVE, omitting have)
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He been had that job.
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We been knew they was doing this.
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She was disloyal, Casper was disloyal, so them muthafuckas gotta go. Like you said[,] we been knew we was going to have to kill Frost, so let's do it and Light too.” Star said. “Say no more. I'ma handle Kisha myself.” Max said walking to the door. [2013, DayQuan Miller, Back Blocks, StealthMode Entertainment, page 147]