Being

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or quality of having existence. See Synonyms at existence.
  • n. Something, such as an object, an idea, or a symbol, that exists, is thought to exist, or is represented as existing.
  • n. The totality of all things that exist.
  • n. A person: "The artist after all is a solitary beingā€ ( Virginia Woolf).
  • n. All the qualities constituting one that exists; the essence.
  • n. One's basic or essential nature; personality.
  • conjunction. Chiefly Southern U.S., Upper Southern U.S., & New England Because; since. Often used with as or that.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of be.
  • n. A living creature.
  • n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
  • n. That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
  • n. One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
  • conjunction. Given that; since.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Existing.
  • n. Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
  • n. That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life.
  • n. Lifetime; mortal existence.
  • n. An abode; a cottage.
  • ad. Since; inasmuch as.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Existence in its most comprehensive sense, as opposed to non-existence; existence, whether real or only in thought.
  • n. In metaphysics, subsistence in a state not necessarily amounting to actual existence; rudimentary existence.
  • n. That which exists; anything that is: as, inanimate beings.
  • n. Life; conscious existence.
  • n. Lifetime; mortal existence.
  • n. That which has life; a living existence, in contradistinction to what is without life; a creature.
  • n. A living; livelihood; means of subsistence; home.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
  • n. the state or fact of existing
  • Antonym
    Form
    being that   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    existing    lifetime    abode    cottage    since    existent    extant    beent    subsistent    subsisting   
    Verb Stem
    be   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    agreeing    disagreeing    fleeing    foreseeing    freeing    geeing    guaranteeing    keying    kneeing    seeing   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    creature    entity    God    race    humanity    one    soul    inhabitant    self    phenomenon