to come into being

Examples

• All

• The basic idea is that organizations come into being by themselves.

  Academic text (1991)

• But we can't go too far forward, because we don't know what new things will come into being.

  Future by Design (2006)

• From the moment she came into being, she brought something with her.

  Case 39 (2009)

• All right, well, then, please explain how something as complex as the human eye simply just comes into being.

  Paul (2011)

• You are neither good nor evil; you have come into being without any purpose.

  Academic text (1999)

• Will they, or will they not, come into being, and if they do, will they save us?

  Fiction book (1999)

• Few informed observers doubt that it will come into being in some form or another.

  Academic text (1992)

• War and the passions that give rise to war can only come into being once we are in society.

• The question of precisely how stars come into being is crucial to modern astronomy.

  Academic text (1991)

• Some ten thousand years ago, the Neolithic and then the Classical civilizations came into being.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

A

to appear

vsto come into being

873 1.0

To come into view or become visible

focus on beginning to exist rather than simply becoming visible

E

to emerge

vsto come into being

604 4.0

To become known or start to exist, for example as an idea

refer to original creation rather than becoming known or revealed

F

to form

vsto come into being

598 1.0

To create a group or organization

can happen without stressing deliberate human making or planning

A

to arise

vsto come into being

333 3.3

Start to exist or happen

apply more broadly to starting existence not only problems

O

to originate

vsto come into being

153 3.8

To start or create something

do not focus on who or what caused the beginning

R

to rise

vsto come into being

65 2.6

To begin to exist or start to develop

focus on the initial beginning rather than slow development

T

to take form

vsto come into being

4 3.5

To begin to develop and become clear in shape or idea

refer to simple beginning of existence rather than gradual shaping or clarity

Antonyms

D

to die

∞ 1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

B

to become extinct

15 4.5

Stop existing as a kind of animal, plant, or language

How Formed

to establish

411 4.1

to come into being

20 3.9

to take shape

37 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology