§Etymology[edit]
Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.
§Pronunciation[edit]
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 creature
- Arabic: كائِن (ar) m (kāʾin), مَخْلوق (ar) m (maxlūq)
- Armenian: էակ (hy) (ēak)
- 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 m
- Danish: væsen
- Dutch: wezen (nl) n
- Esperanto: estaĵo, estulo
- Estonian: olend
- Finnish: olento (fi)
- French: créature (fr) f, être (fr) m
- 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 (いきもの, ikimono), 生物 (ja) (せいぶつ, seibutsu)
- Khmer: ភាវៈរស់ (phea veak ros)
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- Korean: 생명체 (ko) (saengmyeongche)
- Latin: creatura f, ens (la) n, animatum n, animate n, res (la) f, natura f
- Latvian: būtne, radījums (lv)
- 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
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the state or fact of existence
- Arabic: وُجود (ar) m (wujūd)
- 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 n
- Danish: opstå
- Dutch: bestaan (nl) n
- Esperanto: esto
- Estonian: olemasolu
- Finnish: olemassaolo
- 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
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- Latvian: eksistence, esamība (lv)
- Lithuanian: egzistavimas
- Macedonian: битие n (bitie), постоење n (postoenje)
- Manx: beays m
- Norwegian: tilværelse, 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)
- Turkish: varlık (tr)
- Ukrainian: існува́ння (uk) n (isnuvánnja), буття́ (uk) n (buttjá)
- Volapük: dabin (vo)
- ǃXóõ: ǃnáã
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§Conjunction[edit]
being
- (obsolete) Given that; since.
§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 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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