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being
[ bee-ing ]
noun
- the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- conscious, mortal existence; life:
Our being is as an instantaneous flash of light in the midst of eternal night.
- substance or nature:
of such a being as to arouse fear.
- something that exists:
inanimate beings.
- a living thing:
strange, exotic beings that live in the depths of the sea.
- a human being; person:
the most beautiful being you could imagine.
- (initial capital letter) God.
- Philosophy.
- that which has actuality either materially or in idea.
- absolute existence in a complete or perfect state, lacking no essential characteristic; essence.
conjunction
- Nonstandard. since; because; considering that (often followed by as, as how, or that ):
Being it's midnight, let's go home.
Being as how you cooked supper, I'll do the dishes.
being
/ ˈːɪŋ /
noun
- the state or fact of existing; existence
- essential nature; self
she put her whole being into the part
- something that exists or is thought to exist, esp something that cannot be assigned to any category
a being from outer space
- a person; human being
- (in the philosophy of Aristotle) actuality Compare becoming
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·iԲ noun adjective
- p·iԲ noun
Idioms and Phrases
see for the moment (time being) ; other things being equal .Example Sentences
With Murray cooking the Clippers for a series-high 43 points, they trail the best-of-seven series 3-2 and are on the brink of being eliminated in the first round for the third straight season.
That is now being severely tested – and not just by US tariffs.
Lawyers for Harvard argue the government violated the university's constitutional rights and federal funding was being used as "leverage to gain control of academic decision making" on campus.
That is because a lot of the contests where there is an expectation that they could win are being counted overnight.
“There’s no amount of money in the world that is going to undo what they did, that is going to wipe that away from a human being’s memory.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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