being
[noun]
Synonyms:
- existence, life, reality
- nature, entity, essence, soul, spirit, substance
- creature, human being, individual, living thing

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Antonyms: nonbeing
Related Words: character, individuality, personality

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I. be‧ing¹ /ˈbiːɪŋ/ verb [linking verb]

1. the present participle of be

2. used to give the reason for something:
Being a quiet sort of person, I didn’t want to get involved.
You can’t expect them to sit still for that long, children being what they are.

3. being as British English spoken because Synonym : as:
You might as well drink it, being as you’ve paid for it.

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II. being² S2 W3 noun

1. come into being/be brought into being to start to exist:
a law that first came into being in 1912

2. [countable] a living thing, especially a person:
a human being
intelligent/conscious/rational etc being
a story about alien beings who invade Earth

3. [uncountable] literary the most important quality or nature of something, especially of a person
the core/roots/whole of sb’s being
The whole of her being had been taken over by a desire to return to her homeland.

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being
ˈbi:ɪŋ
See: for the time being

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