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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 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz·iԲ noun adjective
- p·iԲ noun
Idioms and Phrases
see for the moment (time being) ; other things being equal .Example Sentences
According to Leo Peak, a real estate agent at Peak Family Real Estate Group, many homeowners are currently feeling the "golden handcuffs" effect of being locked into their homes by historically low mortgage rates.
Fashion bible Vogue has criticised her dress as being historically inaccurate, as the style was only popularised by Queen Victoria 40 years after the story is set.
Welsh, 36, was sent to Mule Creek from San Bernardino County after being sentenced to 18 years for assault with a firearm and inflicting corporal injury, both second strike offenses.
Megan started taking prescription pain relief medication at the age of 15 after being injured in a car accident.
"It was made with a thin, greyish pastry which had been spread with red jam before being loosely rolled up and presented flattened and in the shape and size of a small baby," she explains.
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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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