Be | Mean of be in English Dictionary

/ˈbiː/

• Verb
• to happen or take place
1. The concert was last night.
2. The concert is [=will be] tomorrow night. [=the concert will take place tomorrow night]
3. “When was the Battle of Waterloo?” “(It was) In 1815.”
4. “When is Christmas?” “It's on a Wednesday this year.”
• to come or go
1. She has already been [=come] and gone.
2. Have you ever been [=gone] to Rome?
3. I haven't been there for several years.
4. I've been waiting for you for half an hour. Where have you been? [=where were you?; why weren't you here?]
5. I suggested to my cousin that she go to Florida for her vacation, but she said, “Been there, done that.”
• to exist or live
1. I think, therefore I am. [=exist]
2. Once upon a time there was [=lived] a knight.
3. There once was a man who dwelt alone in a small village.
4. all the things that are [=exist]
5. “To be, or not to be: that is the question.” Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600)

• to behave in a normal or natural way
1. You're not yourself today. What's the matter?
2. I'll be myself again once I've had something to eat.
3. “How can I impress her?” “Just be yourself!”