1. • noun - a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
   • verb - have the quality of being
   • verb - be identical to
   • verb - occupy a certain position or area
   • verb - have an existence, be extant
   • verb - happen, occur, take place
   • verb - be identical or equivalent to
   • verb - form or compose
   • verb - work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
   • verb - represent, as of a character on stage
   • verb - spend or use time
   • verb - have life, be alive
   • verb - to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
   • verb - be priced at
2. • To exist in actuality; have life or reality: I think, therefore I am.
   • To occupy a specified position: The food is on the table.
   • To remain in a certain state or situation undisturbed, untouched, or unmolested: Let the children be.
   • To take place; occur: The test was yesterday.
   • Usage Problem.
   • To equal in identity: “To be a Christian was to be a Roman” (James Bryce).
   • To have a specified significance: A is excellent, C is passing.
   • To belong to a specified class or group: The human being is a primate.
   • To have or show a specified quality or characteristic: She is lovely.
   • To seem to consist or be made of: The yard is all snow.
   • To belong; befall: Peace be unto you.
   • Used with the past participle of a transitive verb to form the passive voice: The mayoral election is held annually.
   • Used with the present participle of a verb to express a continuing action: We are working to improve housing conditions.
   • Used with the infinitive of a verb to express intention, obligation, or future action: She was to call before she left.
   • Used with the past participle of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense: “Where be those roses gone which sweetened so our eyes?” (Philip Sidney).
3. • v - to have actuality

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