being
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈbiːɪŋ/
:
existencia
- - Well Dr. Dave, thanks for making me feel like a human being again.
- well-being
- health and well-being
- improve well-being
And so part of this is being with it.
- And so part of this is being with it.
- He is comfortable with being a warrior.
- The third thing is being OK with saying no.
- And I also lied about being Evita's niece.
- Just the idea of being weird is too much.
- That is your version of ambition being frozen desire.
- So in terms of minors being aligned, I think it's like a
Examples
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Lando looked around, spotted a solitary human being towards the back of the room, and headed in that direction.
Fiction book (1991) -
I deeply respect you as a human being.
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The family is concerned for her well-being.
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Your entire being is invested with this notion of self.
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It's just wonderful to see human beings again, besides Francis, I mean.
Fiction book (1991) -
You're clearly a decent human being, a good citizen.
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Native peoples have their own agendas to better their state of being, strengthen their position in society, and so forth.
Academic text (2011) -
We are all human beings with unique experiences and perspectives.
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You'd be surprised at how much pain a human being can endure before they die.
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You know, there are still islands in Fiji where no human being has ever set foot.
Synonyms
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2.8
The state of being real or alive
The fact of existing as a quality inside something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To act too polite and flattering to someone in power to gain approval
Compounds
3
7.5
A perfect, all-powerful, all-knowing creator and ruler of the universe worshipped in religions that believe in one god
- Slur
2
9.9
Feeling proud to come from the countryside and the working class in the United States
- Offensive
1
9.9
A person who has a very strong interest in sex that people think is too much
Playing a game of crossing pretend roads and obstacles like the video game Frogger
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Being comes from the old verb be, which means 'to exist' and you can see it in been and the forms 'am', 'is', 'are'. So being as a noun means the 'state of existing', the idea of simply existing.