being

Etymology
Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.

Noun

 * 1) A living creature.
 * 2) The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
 * 3) * 1608-1634, (and perhaps ), 
 * Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
 * 1)  That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
 * 2)  One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
 * 3)  An abode; a cottage.
 * 1)  One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
 * 2)  An abode; a cottage.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:creature
 * See also Thesaurus:existence

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: hiintsã, yeatsã
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: істо́та, стварэ́нне
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: estaĵo, estulo
 * Estonian: olend
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: არსება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: neach, dúil
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ភាវៈរស់,
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, , animatum, animate, , natura
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lithuanian: būtybė
 * Livonian: lejā
 * Macedonian: суштество
 * Maore Comorian: shiumbe
 * Norwegian: vesen
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: (живо́е) существо́,, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: биће, створ, створење
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: tvor, stvorenie, bytosť
 * Slovene:, stvor
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, створі́ння, су́тність, , тварь
 * Venetian: èsare
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:,  hijafäb,  jijafäb
 * Zazaki: conawır


 * Arabic: كَيْنُونَة, كَوْن
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: барлыҡ, йәшәйеш
 * Belarusian: існава́нне, быццё
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: opstå
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: olemasolu
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: beith
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: болмыс
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, ortus, , , , natura, , essentia
 * Latvian: eksistence,
 * Lithuanian: egzistavimas
 * Macedonian: битие, постоење
 * Manx: beays
 * Maori: kaiaotanga, tauoranga
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: вуй
 * Norwegian:, det å være, bli til
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: биће
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, bytosť,
 * Slovene: bivanje, obstajanje,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kamagingan
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Zazaki: estek
 * ǃXóõ: ǃnáã

Conjunction

 * 1) Given that; since.
 * , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
 * ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

 * Bulgarian: би́дейки,
 * Macedonian: бидејќи

Noun

 * 1) bench, form