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  • 21being — be|ing [ biıŋ ] noun ** 1. ) count a person: HUMAN BEING: We are social beings as well as individuals. a ) a living creature: a being from outer space b ) a spirit or god: their belief in the supernatural beings that surrounded them 2. ) uncount… …

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  • 22being — noun 1) she is warmed by his very being Syn: existence, living, life, reality, actuality 2) God is alive in the being of man Syn: soul, spirit, nature, essence, inner being, inner self …

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  • 23being */*/ — UK [ˈbiːɪŋ] / US [ˈbɪɪŋ] noun Word forms being : singular being plural beings 1) [countable] a person We are social beings as well as individuals. a) a living creature a being from outer space b) a spirit or god their belief in the supernatural… …

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  • 24being — Everything real and nothing unreal belongs to the domain of Being. But there is little useful that can be said about everything that is real, especially from within the philosopher s study, so it is not apparent that there can be such a subject… …

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  • 25being — n. 1) to come into being 2) an extraterrestrial; human; mortal; rational; supernatural being * * * [ biːɪŋ] human mortal rational supernatural being an extraterrestrial to come into being …

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  • 26being — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. life, existence; person, creature. See substance, humanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Existence] Syn. presence, actuality, animation; see life 1 , reality 1 . 2. [The essential part] Syn. nature,… …

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  • 27Being — Be Be (b[=e]), v. i. [imp. {Was} (w[o^]z); p. p. {Been} (b[i^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Being}.] [OE. been, beon, AS. be[ o]n to be, be[ o]m I am; akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W. bod to be, Lith. bu ti, O. Slav. by ti, to… …

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  • 28being — n 1. existence, Latin, esse. life, living, ani mateness, animation; vital force, vital principle, elan vital, life blood, vitality, life force; actuality, reality, presence; ubiquity, omnipresence; truth, verity, veracity, fact. 2. substance,… …

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  • 29being — noun 1) she is warmed by his very being Syn: existence, living, life, reality, lifeblood, vital force 2) God is alive in the being of man Syn: soul, spirit, nature, essence, psyche …

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  • 30being — /ˈbiɪŋ / (say beeing) noun 1. existence, as opposed to non existence. 2. conscious existence; life: the aim of our being. 3. mortal existence; lifetime. 4. substance or nature: of such a being as to arouse fear. 5. something that exists: beings… …