Definition/Meaning of be

• English - Verb: be (highly irregular—See conjugation table) (auxiliary) As an auxiliary verb : Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice . The dog was saved by the boy. 1995, C. K. Ogden, Psyche: An Annual General and Linguistic Psychology 1920-1952, C. K. Ogden, →ISBN, page 13: Study courses of Esperanto and Ido have been broadcast. Used with present participles of verbs to form the…
• English - Preposition: be (alternative, dated, dialectal, possibly) Alternative form of by . Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra begad and bejesus . 1870, Joseph Philip Robson, Evangeline: The Spirit of Progress, section 332: Aw teuk me seat be day an' neet. 1870, Roger Piketah, Forness Folk, section 44: Fetchin' it yan... be a round about rooad.
• English - Noun: be (plural bes) The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б
• English - References: “be” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language , Fourth Edition , Houghton Mifflin Company , 2000. “be” in Dictionary . com Unabridged , v1 . 0 . 1 , Lexico Publishing Group , 2006. "be" in WordNet 2 . 0 , Princeton University , 2003.
• English - Anagrams: EB