The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б.

The verb "be" is used as an auxiliary verb to form the passive voice, the continuous aspect, the perfect aspect, and to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence. it can also be used in african-american vernacular, caribbean, and irish dialects to indicate habitual actions.

Used as a copulative verb to indicate identity, equivalence, instance, qualities, measurement, age, time, passage of time, linking noun clauses, weather, existence, and behavior.

Exist, remain undisturbed, occupy a place, occur, and can be used in perfect tenses as a form of "be here" or "go to and return from".