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English

Alternative forms

beeing(archaic)
beïng(rare)

Etymology

Originated 1250–1300 fromMiddle Englishbeing; seebe +-ing.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɪŋ/,/ˈbiːŋ/
- Audio(London): (file)
(General American, Canada)IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɪŋ/,/ˈbiŋ/
- Audio(US): (file)
Hyphenation:be‧ing
Rhymes:-iːɪŋ,-ɪŋ

Verb

being

present participle andgerund ofbe

Noun

being (countable anduncountable,pluralbeings)

A livingcreature.
- 1886 October –1887 January,H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Plain of Kôr”, inShe: A History of Adventure, London:Longmans, Green, and Co., published1887,→OCLC,page126:
  Minute grew into minute, and still there was no sign of life, nor did the curtain move; but I felt the gaze of the unknownbeing sinking through and through me, and filling me with a nameless terror, till the perspiration stood in beads upon my brow.
The state or fact ofexistence,consciousness, orlife, or something in such a state.
- 1608-1634,John Webster (and perhapsThomas Heywood),Appius and Virginia
  Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in hisbeing.
- 1953,Samuel Beckett,Watt,[Paris]:Olympia Press,→OCLC:
  For the service to be considered was not the service of one servant, but of two servants, and even of three servants, and even of an infinity of servants, of whom the first could not out till the second up, nor the second up till the third in, nor the third in till the first out, nor the first out till the third in, nor the third in till the second up, nor the second up till the first out, every going, everybeing, every coming consisting with abeing and a coming, a coming and a going, a going and abeing, nay with all thebeings and all the comings, with all the comings and all the goings, with all the goings and all thebeings, of all the servants that had ever served Mr. Knott, of all the servants that ever would serve Mr. Knott.
- 2019 November 12, Gal Koplewitz, “Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language”, inThe New Yorker‎^[3]:
  The written word, he often argued, could only ever be a low-fidelity reproduction of the fullness ofbeing; any text was ultimately humbled by the reality that it sought to represent.
(philosophy) That which hasactuality (materially or inconcept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof;essence orpersonality.
(obsolete) Anabode; acottage.
- 1712 December 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “MONDAY, November 24, 1712”, inThe Spectator, number544; republished inAlexander Chalmers, editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company,1853,→OCLC:
  It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into littlebeings within my manor.
  The spelling has been modernized.

Synonyms

(a living creature): See alsoThesaurus:creature
(the state or fact of existence): See alsoThesaurus:existence

Derived terms

Translations

a living creature

Afrikaans:wese (af)
Albanian:Qënie
Arabic:كَائِن (ar) m(kāʔin),مَخْلُوق (ar) m(maḵlūq)
Armenian:էակ (hy)(ēak)
Aromanian:hiintsã f,yeatsã f
Azerbaijani:məxluq (az)
Belarusian:істо́та f(istóta),стварэ́нне n(stvarénnje)
Bulgarian:същество́ (bg) n(sǎštestvó),създа́ние (bg) n(sǎzdánie),твар (bg) f(tvar)
Catalan:ésser (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:生物 (zh)(shēngwù)
Comorian:
Maore Comorian:shiumbe class7/8
Czech:bytost (cs) f,tvor (cs) m,stvoření (cs) n
Danish:væsen (da)
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:ον (el) n(on),πλάσμα (el) n(plásma)
Hebrew:בריה (he),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 (lv),radījums (lv)
Lithuanian:būtybė
Livonian:lejā
Macedonian:суштество n(suštestvo)
Manchu:ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠩᡤᡝ(ergengge)
Mongolian:ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ(amitan)
Cyrillic:амьтан (mn)(amʹtan)
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
Latin:biće (sh) n,stvor (sh) m,stvorenje (sh) n
Slovak:tvor m,stvorenie n,bytosť
Slovene:bitje (sl) n,stvor m
Spanish:ser (es) m,criatura (es) f,ente (es) m
Swedish:varelse (sv) c,väsen (sv)
Turkish:yaratık (tr)
Ukrainian:істо́та (uk) f(istóta),створі́ння n(stvorínnja),су́тність f(sútnistʹ),твари́на (uk) f(tvarýna),тварь f(tvarʹ)
Unami:pèmhakamiksit
Venetan:èsare
Vietnamese:sinh vật (vi) (生物 (vi))
Volapük:(♂♀)jafäb (vo),(♂)hijafäb,(♀)jijafäb
Zazaki:conawır

the state or fact of existence

Arabic:كَيْنُونَة f(kaynūna),كَوْن(kawn)
Armenian:գոյություն (hy)(goyutʻyun)
Azerbaijani:varlıq (az)
Bashkir:барлыҡ(barlıq),йәшәйеш(yəşəyeş)(philosophical)
Belarusian:існава́нне n(isnavánnje),быццё n(byccjó)
Bulgarian:съществу́ване (bg) n(sǎštestvúvane),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),être (fr) m
German:Sein (de) n,Dasein (de) n
Gothic:𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 f(wists)
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)
Kazakh:болмыс(bolmys)
Korean:존재(存在) (ko)(jonjae)
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
Māori:kaiaotanga,tauoranga
Mari:
Eastern Mari:вуй(vuj)
Mongolian:ᠠᠬᠤᠢ(aqui),ᠣᠷᠣᠰᠢᠬᠤᠢ(orosiqui)
Cyrillic:ахуй (mn)(axuj),оршихуй(oršixuj)
Norwegian:tilværelse (no),det å være,bli til
Persian:وجود (fa)(vojud),بوش (fa)(boveš),هستی (fa)(hasti)
Polish:istnienie (pl),bycie (pl) n,byt (pl) m
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
Latin:biće (sh) n
Slovak:vznik (sk),bytosť f,bytie (sk) n
Slovene:bivanje n,obstajanje n,bitje (sl) n
Spanish:existencia (es) f
Swedish:tillvaro (sv),existens (sv)
Tagalog:kamagingan
Thai:สัต (th)(sàt),ภาวะ (th)(paa-wá)
Turkish:varlık (tr)
Ukrainian:існува́ння (uk) n(isnuvánnja),буття́ (uk) n(buttjá)
Volapük:dabin (vo)
Zazaki:estek
ǃXóõ:ǃnáã

basic nature

Esperanto:esteco

Conjunction

being

Given that;since.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton],The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC:
  , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
  ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them,being they are so various and many […].

Synonyms

as,because,seeing that; see alsoThesaurus:because

Derived terms

being that

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian:би́дейки(bídejki),
French:étant donné que (fr)
Macedonian:бидејќи(bidejḱi)

See also

References

“being”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin,2000,→ISBN.
“being”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"being" in theKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
"being" inWordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

Bengi,begin,binge

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

beinge,beince

Etymology

FromScotsbink^[1]

Pronunciation

(Lewis)IPA^(key): /b̥eikʲ/^[2],/b̥ẽĩŋʲkʲ/^[3]
(Harris, Uist)IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ẽĩŋʲɡʲə/^[4](corresponding to the formbeinge)
(Barra)IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ẽĩŋʲɡʲʌ/^[5](corresponding to the formbeinge)
(South Argyll)IPA^(key): /b̥eŋʲ/^[6]

Noun

being f (dative singularbeingorbeingidh,genitive singularbeinge,pluralbeingean)

bench,form
Synonym:furm
bedside,front board of a bed

Declension

Declension ofbeing (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	being	beingean
genitive	beinge	bheingean
dative	being	beingean;beingibh¹

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a')bheing	(na)beingean
genitive	(na)beinge	(nam)beingean
dative	(a')bheing	(na)beingean;beingibh¹
vocative	bheing	bheingean

¹ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Alternative dative singular:beingidh(Southern Hebridean)
Alternative genitive singular:beingeadh(Southern Hebridean, Skye)

References

^MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “beince, being”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling,→ISBN
^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940),A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page39
^Oftedal, M. (1956),A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎^[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 92
^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937),The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^Holmer, Nils M. (1938),Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala:Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page127

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