being

Meanings

Plural: beings

Noun

• the state or fact of existing
  • "a point of view gradually coming into being"
• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
• A living creature.
• The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
• That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
• One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
• An abode; a cottage.

Verb

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• be identical to; be someone or something
• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
• have an existence, be extant
• happen, occur, take place
• be identical or equivalent to
• form or compose
• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
• represent, as of a character on stage
• spend or use time
• have life, be alive
• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
• be priced at
• present participle and gerund of be

Conj

• Given that; since.

Synonyms

as, be, because, beingness, comprise, constitute, cost, embody, equal, exist, existence, follow, live, make up, organism, personify, represent, seeing that

Antonyms

differ, nonbeing, nonexistence

Related Words

am, are, art, be, been, beest, is, was, wast, were, wert

Anagrams of being