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to become one with

to become one with

13 7.3
To feel completely joined with something or someone, often in a calm way
  • phrasal verb
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  • As he listened to the music, he felt himself become one with the rhythm and the energy of the crowd.

And so she fully embrace the technology, she became one with it and there was no change to her conscious existence.

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Examples

  • We're here to try to save this place by becoming one with it.

  • We become one with the darkness.

  • But if one, but if one wants to become one with the higher power, this is not a relationship that just comes easy.

  • I will become one with the Earth.

  • How do I become one with you?

  • I think letting yourself go is really just about becoming one with your experience.

  • To give a proper answer, the student must be able to demonstrate that he has "become one" with the boat.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I was saved by the forest spirits and became one with the jungle.

  • Don't be afraid to touch it and become one with it.

  • The falcon never struggles with the air, but rather becomes one with it.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

to unite
vsto become one with
2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

aims for complete inner harmony, not just practical joining for tasks
to unify
vsto become one with
65 3.7

To bring people or things together into one group

focuses on achieving deep personal harmony rather than organizational unity
to become one flesh
vsto become one with
  • Literature
2 8.4

To join fully as a married couple, sharing their bodies and lives

is broader, meaning deep harmony or unity often spiritual or emotional

Antonyms

1 7.0

To cause people or groups to separate

How United

to become one with
13 7.3
to bond
149 2.9
to identify
235 3.4
to connect
572 1.8

Surface Forms

become one with infinitive
becoming one with present participle
becomes one with third person singular
become one with past participle

Morphology

become + one + with

The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'become' = change into, 'one' = a single unit, and 'with' = together/alongside, so a learner can infer 'become one with' = become united or in harmony with. The phrase is a metaphoric but regular composition (become + one + with) and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.

Etymology

Become one with may come from the image of two things joining so closely they seem like a single thing, for example a river flowing into the sea or a musician moving as part of the music. That's why it now means 'to be in complete harmony or unity'.