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be·ing (bē′iŋ)

noun

  1. the state or fact of existing or living; existence or life
  2. fundamental or essential nature
  3. one who lives or exists, or is assumed to do so a human being, a divine being
  4. all the physical and mental qualities that make up a person; personality
  5. Philos.
    1. fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness
    2. that which exists, can exist, or can be logically conceived

Etymology: see be

being Idioms

being as

or being that
Informal, Dialectal since; because

for the time being

for the present; for now

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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