English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈbiːɪŋ/, [ˈbiːɪŋ], X-SAMPA: /"bi:IN/
- (US) IPA: /ˈbiɪŋ/, [ˈbiɪŋ], [biɪ̯ŋ]
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- Rhymes: -iːɪŋ
- Hyphenation: be‧ing
being
- Present participle of be.
being (plural beings)
- A living creature.
- The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- Shakespeare
- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
- (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
- (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
- (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- Steele
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a living being
- Arabic: كائِن (ar) (kāʾin) m, مَخْلوق (ar) (maxlūq) m
- Armenian: էակ (hy) (ēak)
- Belarusian: істота (be) (istóta) f, стварэнне (be) (stvarénnje) n
- Bulgarian: същество (bg) (sǎštestvó) n, създание (bg) (sǎzdánie) n, твар (bg) (tvar) f
- Catalan: ésser (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 生物 (cmn) (shēngwù)
- Czech: bytost (cs) f, tvor (cs) m
- Danish: væsen (da)
- Dutch: wezen (nl) n
- Esperanto: estaĵo (eo), estulo (eo)
- Estonian: olend (et)
- Finnish: olento (fi)
- French: créature (fr) f, être (fr) m
- German: Wesen (de) n, Geschöpf (de) n
- Greek: πλάσμα (el) (plásma) n (plásma)
- Hebrew: בריה (he), יצור (he)
- Hungarian: lény (hu)
- Icelandic: vera (is)
- Indonesian: makhluk (id)
- Italian: essere (it) m, creatura (it)
- Japanese: 生き物 (ja) (いきもの, ikimono), 生物 (ja) (せいぶつ, seibutsu)
- Khmer: ភាវៈរស់ (km) (phea veak ros)
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- Korean: 생명체 (ko) (saengmyeongche)
- Latin: creatura (la) f, ens (la) n, animatum (la) n, animate (la) n, res (la) f, natura (la) f
- Latvian: būtne (lv), radījums (lv)
- Lithuanian: būtybė (lt)
- Macedonian: суштество (mk) (súštestvo) n
- Norwegian: vesen (no)
- Polish: stwór (pl) m, istota (pl) f
- Portuguese: ser (pt) m, criatura (pt) f
- Romanian: ființă (ro), creatură (ro), făptură (ro)
- Russian: (живое) существо (ru) (suščestvó) n, тварь (ru) (tvarʹ) f, создание (ru) (sozdánije) n, (archaic) творение (ru) (tvorénije) n
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: биће (sh) n, створ (sh) m, створење (sh) n
- Roman: biće (sh) n, stvor (sh) m, stvorenje (sh) n
- Slovak: tvor (sk) m, stvorenie (sk) n
- Slovene: bitje (sl) n, stvor (sl) m
- Spanish: ser (es) m, criatura (es) f
- Swedish: varelse (sv) c, väsen (sv)
- Turkish: yaratık (tr)
- Ukrainian: істота (uk) (istóta) f, тварь (uk) (tvarʹ) f, тварина (uk) (tvarýna) f, створіння (uk) (stvórinnja) n
- Venetian: èsare
- Vietnamese: sinh vật (vi) (生物 (vi))
- Volapük: (♂♀) jafäb (vo), (♂) hijafäb (vo), (♀) jijafäb (vo)
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the state or fact of existence
- Arabic: وُجود (ar) (wujūd) m
- Armenian: գոյություն (hy) (goyut’yun)
- Bashkir: барлыҡ (barlïq), йәшәйеш (yäšäyeš) (philosophical)
- Belarusian: існаванне (be) (isnavánnje) n, быццё (be) (byccjó) n
- Bulgarian: съществуване (bg) (sǎštestvúvane) n, битие (bg) (bitie) n
- Catalan: ésser (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 存在 (cmn) (cúnzài)
- Czech: existence (cs), život (cs), bytí (cs) n
- Danish: opstå (da)
- Dutch: bestaan (nl) n
- Esperanto: esto (eo)
- Estonian: olemasolu (et)
- Finnish: olemassaolo (fi)
- French: existence (fr)
- German: Sein (de) n, Dasein (de) n,
- Greek: ύπαρξη (el) (ýparxi) f
- Hebrew: ישות (he) (yeshut)
- Hungarian: lét(ezés) (hu)
- Icelandic: tilvera (is)
- Indonesian: keberadaan (id), ada (id)
- Italian: esistenza (it)
- Japanese: 存在 (ja) (そんざい, sonzai)
- Korean: 존재 (ko) (jonjae) (存在 (ko))
- Latin: vita (la) f, ortus (la) m, caput (la) n, salus (la), salus (la) f, natura (la) f, vis (la) f, essentia (la) f
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- Latvian: eksistence (lv), esamība (lv)
- Lithuanian: egzistavimas (lt)
- Macedonian: битие (mk) (bítie) n, постоење (mk) (postoenje) n
- Manx: beays (gv) m
- Norwegian: tilværelse (no), det å være (no), bli til (no)
- Persian: وجود (fa) (vojud)
- Polish: istnienie (pl), bycie (pl) n
- Portuguese: existência (pt) f
- Romanian: existență (ro), naștere (ro), ființă (ro)
- Russian: существование (ru) (suščestvovánije) n, бытие (ru) (bytijé) n (philosophical, poetical)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: биће (sh) n
- Roman: biće (sh) n
- Slovak: vznik (sk), bytosť (sk) f, bytie (sk) n
- Slovene: bivanje (sl) n, obstajanje (sl) n, bitje (sl) n
- Spanish: existencia (es) f
- Swedish: tillvaro (sv), existens (sv)
- Turkish: varlık (tr)
- Ukrainian: існування (uk) (isnuvánnja) n, буття (uk) (buttjá) n
- Volapük: dabin (vo)
- ǃXóõ: ǃnáã
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Conjunction[edit]
being
- (obsolete) Given that; since.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 280:
- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many [...].
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “being” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “being” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "being" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
- "being" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
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