English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being ; see be -ing
Pronunciation [ edit ] being
present participle of be being (countable and uncountable 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 .
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It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor. Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
a living creature
Afrikaans: wese (af)
Arabic: كَائِن (ar) m ( kāʾin ) , مَخْلُوق (ar) m ( maḵlūq )
Armenian: էակ (hy) ( ēak )
Aromanian: hiintsã f yeatsã f
Belarusian: істо́та f ( istóta ) , стварэ́нне n ( stvarénnje )
Bulgarian: същество̀ (bg) n ( sǎštestvò ) , създа̀ние (bg) n ( sǎzdànie ) , твар (bg) f ( tvar )
Catalan: ésser (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生物 (zh) ( shēngwù )
Czech: bytost (cs) f tvor (cs) m
Danish: væsen
Dutch: wezen (nl) n
Esperanto: estaĵo estulo
Estonian: olend
Finnish: olento (fi)
French: être (fr) m créature (fr) f
Georgian: არსება ( arseba )
German: Wesen (de) n Geschöpf (de) n
Greek: πλάσμα (el) n ( plásma )
Hebrew: בריה יצור (he)
Hungarian: lény (hu)
Icelandic: vera (is)
Indonesian: makhluk (id)
Irish: neach m dúil f
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 ( phea veak ros ) , ជន (km) ( cɔɔn )
Korean: 생명체 (ko) ( saengmyeongche )
Latin: creatura (la) f ens (la) n animatum n animate n res (la) f natura f
Latvian: būtne radījums
Lithuanian: būtybė
Macedonian: суштество n ( suštestvo )
Maore Comorian: shiumbe class 7 /8
Norwegian: vesen
Polish: stwór (pl) m istota (pl) f
Portuguese: ser (pt) m criatura (pt) f
Romanian: ființă (ro) , creatură (ro) , făptură (ro)
Russian: (живо́е ) существо́ n ( (živóje) suščestvó ) , тварь (ru) f ( tvarʹ ) , созда́ние (ru) n ( sozdánije ) , ( archaic ) творе́ние (ru) n ( tvorénije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: биће n створ m створење n
Roman: biće (sh) n stvor (sh) m stvorenje (sh) n
Slovak: tvor m stvorenie n
Slovene: bitje (sl) n stvor m
Spanish: ser (es) m criatura (es) f
Swedish: varelse (sv) c väsen (sv)
Turkish: yaratık (tr)
Ukrainian: істо́та (uk) f ( istóta ) , тварь f ( tvarʹ ) , твари́на (uk) f ( tvarýna ) , ство́ріння n ( stvórinnja )
Venetian: èsare
Vietnamese: sinh vật (vi) (生物 (vi) )
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) jafäb (vo) , ( ♂ ) hijafäb ( ♀ ) jijafäb
Zazaki: conawır
the state or fact of existence
Arabic: وُجُود (ar) m ( wujūd ) , كَوْن m ( kawn ) , كِيَان m ( kiyān ) , كَيْنُونَة f ( kaynūna )
Armenian: գոյություն (hy) ( goyutʿyun )
Bashkir: барлыҡ ( barlïq ) , йәшәйеш ( yäšäyeš ) ( philosophical )
Belarusian: існава́нне n ( isnavánnje ) , быццё n ( byccjó )
Bulgarian: съществу̀ване n ( sǎštestvùvane ) , битие (bg) n ( bitie )
Catalan: ésser (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 存在 (zh) ( cúnzài )
Czech: existence (cs) , život (cs) , bytí (cs) n
Danish: opstå
Dutch: bestaan (nl) n
Esperanto: esto (eo)
Estonian: olemasolu
Finnish: olemassaolo (fi)
French: existence (fr)
German: Sein (de) n Dasein (de) n
Greek: ύπαρξη (el) f ( ýparxi )
Hebrew: ישות (he) ( yeshut )
Hungarian: lét(ezés) (hu)
Icelandic: tilvera (is)
Indonesian: keberadaan (id) , ada (id)
Irish: beith f
Italian: esistenza (it)
Japanese: 存在 (ja) ( そんざい, sonzai )
Korean: 존재 (ko) ( jonjae ) (存在 (ko) )
Latin: vita (la) f ortus m caput (la) n salus (la) , salus (la) f natura f vis (la) f essentia f
Latvian: eksistence esamība (lv)
Lithuanian: egzistavimas
Macedonian: битие n ( bitie ) , постоење n ( postoenje )
Manx: beays m
Norwegian: tilværelse (no) , det å være bli til
Persian: وجود (fa) ( vojud )
Polish: istnienie (pl) , bycie (pl) n
Portuguese: existência (pt) f
Romanian: existență (ro) , naștere (ro) , ființă (ro)
Russian: существова́ние (ru) n ( suščestvovánije ) , бытие́ (ru) n ( bytijé ) ( philosophical, poetical )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: биће n
Roman: biće (sh) n
Slovak: vznik (sk) , bytosť f bytie n
Slovene: bivanje n obstajanje n bitje (sl) n
Spanish: existencia (es) f
Swedish: tillvaro (sv) , existens (sv)
Tagalog: kamagingan
Turkish: varlık (tr)
Ukrainian: існува́ння (uk) n ( isnuvánnja ) , буття́ (uk) n ( buttjá )
Volapük: dabin (vo)
Zazaki: estek
ǃXóõ: ǃnáã
Conjunction [ edit ] being
( obsolete ) Given that; since .
1621 , Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton ], The Anatomy of Melancholy OCLC 216894069 The Anatomy of Melancholy: [ … ] , 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970 (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3) :’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 Houghton Mifflin , 2000, →ISBN
“being ” in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present.
"being " in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) , K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
"being " in WordNet 2.0 , Princeton University, 2003. See also [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ]
