being
noun
[ ˈbiːɪŋ ]
• existence.
• "the railway brought many towns into being"
Similar:
existence,
living,
life,
animation,
animateness,
aliveness,
reality,
actuality,
essential nature,
lifeblood,
vital force,
entity,
esse,
• the nature or essence of a person.
• "sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the others"
Similar:
soul,
spirit,
nature,
essence,
substance,
entity,
inner being,
inner self,
psyche,
heart,
bosom,
breast,
core,
kernel,
marrow,
quiddity,
pneuma,
• a real or imaginary living creature or entity, especially an intelligent one.
• "alien beings"
Similar:
creature,
life form,
living entity,
living thing,
living soul,
soul,
individual,
person,
personage,
human being,
human,
man,
woman,
life,
existence,
earthling,
being
verb
• present participle of be.
be
verb
• exist.
• "there are no easy answers"
Similar:
exist,
have being,
have existence,
live,
be alive,
have life,
breathe,
draw breath,
be extant,
be viable,
• occur; take place.
• "the exhibition will be in November"
Similar:
occur,
happen,
take place,
come about,
arise,
crop up,
transpire,
fall,
materialize,
ensue,
come to pass,
befall,
betide,
• having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.
• "Amy was 91"
• say.
• "last time I saw her she was all ‘You need to quit smoking!’"
be
verb
• used with a present participle to form continuous tenses.
• "they are coming"
• used with a past participle to form the passive voice.
• "it was done"
• used to indicate something that is due or destined to happen.
• "construction is to begin next summer"
• used with the past participle of intransitive verbs to form perfect tenses.
• "I am returned"
Origin:
Old English bēon, an irregular and defective verb, whose full conjugation derives from several originally distinct verbs. The forms am and is are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sum and est . The forms was and were are from an Indo-European root meaning ‘remain’. The forms be and been are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin fui ‘I was’, fio ‘I become’, and Greek phuein ‘bring forth, cause to grow’. The origin of are is uncertain.
