Definition of "been" [been]

• Past participle of be. (verb)

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• "We are here to speak of the thousands of women who� have been destroyed through war, who have been� raped, battered and butchered."
• "Not only has the slave territory been nearly doubled in the present century; but by a recent decision of the Supreme Court, every law which _has been_ passed by Congress restricting slavery, is pronounced contrary to the constitution, and therefore invalid."
• "We can say, I _have_ been, I _had_ been; but what sort of a tense is, _had have been_?"