A Quick and Simple Dictionary

be

1. (initialism) .  Bachelor of Engineering.
2. (initialism) .  (linguistics) Black English.
3. (initialism) .  Buddhist Era.
4. (abbreviation) .  Berlin, a federal state of Germany.
5. (abbreviation) .  Bengkulu, a province of Indonesia.
6. Verb.  (context, intransitive) To exist; to have real existence.
7. Verb.  With (term, there) as dummy subject: to exist.
8. Verb.  (intransitive) To occupy a place.
9. Verb.  (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
10. Verb.  (intransitive, without predicate) (non-gloss definition, elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar) .
11. Verb.  (transitive, copulative) (non-gloss definition, Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) .
12. Verb.  (transitive, copulative) (non-gloss definition, Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same) .
13. Verb.  (transitive, copulative) (non-gloss definition, Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal) .
14. Verb.  (transitive, copulative) (non-gloss definition, Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) .
15. Verb.  (transitive, copulative) (non-gloss definition, Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase) .
16. Verb.  (transitive, auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, Used to form the passive voice) .
17. Verb.  (transitive, auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) .
18. Verb.  (archaic) (non-gloss definition, Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs. Often still used for ''to go'') .
19. Verb.  (transitive, auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, Used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive) .
20. Verb.  (non-gloss definition, Used to link a subject to a count or measurement) .
21. Verb.  (context, With ''since'') (non-gloss definition, used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event) .
22. Verb.  (often, impersonal) (non-gloss definition, Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) .