been Meaning & Definition

  • En [ biːn]
  • Us [ biːn]

Meaning of been In English

  • 0 past participle of be

    • I've never been to Kenya, but I hope to visit it next year.

    • "Have you ever been there before?" - "Yes, I've been twice."

    • She's been to the hairdresser's (= and now she has returned).

    • Do you need to go to the bathroom, or have you already been?

    • The postman hasn't been yet.

    • The doctor's just been (= has arrived and left).

  • 1 past participle of be

    • "Have you ever been to Africa?" "No, I’ve never been there, but I’d love to go."

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Examples of been

  • Originals of figures should not be sent until the paper has been accepted.

  • They may have been a movie, but a movie about what?

  • In circumstances where effectiveness has not been proven, then the usual treatment, which is the most widely used treatment, should be used.

  • Six diverse trials of potentially universal postnatal interventions have been reported.

  • In the past, there has been no evidence of the cost-effectiveness of treatment.

  • However, examples exist of programs for both adults and children that have been successful, at least in the short term.

  • They have not always been seen in this light.

  • There has been no systematic study of the optimal conditions for facilitation.

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Grammar of been

  • 0 Been or gone?

    We often use been to, instead of gone to, when we refer to completed visits to a place:

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Translations of been In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    (be 的過去分詞), 去…參觀過, 到過…旅遊…

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  • 中文简体

    (be 的过去分词), 去…参观过, 到过…旅游…

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  • Español

    participio pasado de “be”, estado…

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  • Português

    particípio passado de “be”…

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  • 日本語

    “be” の過去分詞形…

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  • Français

    été…

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  • Catalan

    participi passat de “be”…

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  • العربية

    be التصريف الثالِث مِن…

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