1. past participle of ‘be’; used to form perfect tenses indicating a state or action that occurred in the past
Usage: always used with auxiliary verbs like ‘have’, ‘has’, or ‘had’

Examples

• I have been waiting for an hour.
• She has been to Paris twice.
• They had been friends since childhood.
• The store has been closed all week.
• Have you been studying for the test?
• We have been living here for five years.
• The weather has been terrible lately.