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doeda[되다]Beginner · TOPIK I

become

Verb

  1. 1

    become

    To have a new status or position.

    Korean definition: 새로운 신분이나 지위를 가지다.

    • The child wanted to grow up to become a doctor who heals sick people.

    • My younger sibling, an elementary school student, won the class president election and became class president.

  2. 2

    become; turn

    To change or transform into something or someone else.

    Korean definition: 다른 것으로 바뀌거나 변하다.

    • The ice left outside melted and turned into water.

    • As time passed, the tadpole turned into a frog.

  3. 3

    come; fall

    To reach a certain timing or state.

    Korean definition: 어떤 때나 시기, 상태에 이르다.

    • When spring came, the flowers in the flower bed bloomed fully.

    • Today is our first wedding anniversary.

  4. 4

    reach

    To reach or get to a certain quantity.

    Korean definition: 일정한 수량에 차거나 이르다.

    • The width of this wide river must be about three hundred meters.

    • When I counted the Go stones, there were as many as one hundred fifty.