to be
- verb
- /bi/
- In the school play, she will be a kind fairy who helps the main character.
Yeah, they're making Dylan to be the villain rhyme that rhymes.
- Yeah, they're making Dylan to be the villain rhyme that rhymes.
Examples
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To truly understand the character, you must be the hero during the performance.
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During the auditions, he impressed everyone when he was able to perfectly be the villain.
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They still want to be talked to and talk this.
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There have been some changes since you've been gone.
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And I think the audience loved seeing hope be overtly rewarded.
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- I'm a showgirl, and I was born to be the star of the show, but there can only be one Star Dancer.
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Ms. Felson, I think there's been a mistake.
Synonyms
Act as a character in a stage show, film, or TV show
Perform a role in a play, film, or show
Serve in the role of a person or thing
Act as a character in a play or film
To play a character in a film or play
Show an idea, quality or feeling in a clear visible way
To act in a show or help make something happen
To act as a character in a play or as someone in a real situation
To act out a scene in front of people, like in a play
To pretend to be someone else to practice acting and speaking in a situation
To take the role of a character in a video game
To act out a scene to practice or show how something happens
To pretend to be a person in a story on stage or with friends
Act as a character in a play or drama
Idioms
- Offensive
To act as if you are better than other people because of your money or taste
- Informal
To imagine being in another person's situation to understand how they feel
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To help and support someone when they are going through a hard time
- Offensive
Work during a strike while other workers protest, making the strike weaker
Compounds
- Informal
A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying
How In Character
Surface Forms
Etymology
Be comes from old verbs beon ('to become') and wesan ('to exist'), and the 'to become' idea is a helpful image: to be Macbeth is to 'become' that character on stage.