be·ing (b   ng)n. 1. The state or quality of having existence. See Synonyms at existence. 2. a. Something, such as an object, an idea, or a symbol, that exists, is thought to exist, or is represented as existing. b. The totality of all things that exist. 3. a. A person: "The artist after all is a solitary being" (Virginia Woolf). b. All the qualities constituting one that exists; the essence. c. One's basic or essential nature; personality. conj. Chiefly Southern U.S., Upper Southern U.S., & New England Because; since. Often used with as or that. |
being [ˈbiːɪŋ]
n
1. the state or fact of existing; existence
2. essential nature; self she put her whole being into the part
3. something that exists or is thought to exist, esp something that cannot be assigned to any category a being from outer space
4. a person; human being
5. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Aristotle) actuality Compare becoming [3]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | being - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" timeless existence, timelessness, eternity - a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife preexistence - existing in a former state or previous to something else coexistence - existing peacefully together subsistence - the state of existing in reality; having substance presence - the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon" life - the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" aliveness, animation, living, life - the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" life - a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" transcendence, transcendency - a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience possibleness, possibility - capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" nonbeing - the state of not being |
| 2. |  being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlyanimate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity benthos - organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea dwarf - a plant or animal that is atypically small heterotroph - an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition parent - an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement native - indigenous plants and animals recombinant - a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred conspecific - an organism belonging to the same species as another organism carrier - (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring denizen - a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep" amphidiploid - (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent diploid - (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number haploid - (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes heteroploid - (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species polyploid - (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes animalcule, animalculum - microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size aerobe - an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life anaerobe - an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live crossbreed, hybrid, cross - (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" polymorph - an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites congenator, congeneric, relative, congener - an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) plankton - the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water nekton - the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association commensal - either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent myrmecophile - an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant eucaryote, eukaryote - an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells procaryote, prokaryote - a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma zooid - one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity tissue - part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function |
being
noun
1. individual, thing, body, animal, creature, human being, beast, mortal, living thing beings from outer space
Translations
being [ˈbiːɪŋ] N
being [ˈbiːɪŋ] n
(= creature) → être m being from outer space
being
n
(= existence) → Dasein nt, → Leben nt; to come into being → entstehen; (club etc also) → ins Leben gerufen werden; to bring into being → ins Leben rufen, (er)schaffen; then in being → damals bestehend
being [ˈbiːɪŋ] n
being [ˈbiːɪŋ] n
a. (existence) → essere m, esistenza
to come into being → nascere, essere creato/a
to bring sth into being → creare qc
to come into being → nascere, essere creato/a
to bring sth into being → creare qc
b. (creature) → essere m
being [ˈbiːɪŋ] n
a. (existence) → essere m, esistenza
to come into being → nascere, essere creato/a
to bring sth into being → creare qc
to come into being → nascere, essere creato/a
to bring sth into being → creare qc
b. (creature) → essere m
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