being

n. existence; entity; creature

v. exist; occur, happen; occupy a position or place

Disambiguation: For spiritual or religious beingness, see Ego (spirituality). In ontology, the study of being, being is anything that can be said to be, either transcendentally or immanently.The nature of being varies by philosophy, giving different interpretations in the frameworks of Aristotle, materialism, idealism, existentialism, Islam, and Marxism.
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(p. pr.)
Existing.
  

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Be
  

(n.)
That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
  

(n.)
Lifetime; mortal existence.
  

(n.)
Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
  

(n.)
An abode; a cottage.
  

(adv.)
Since; inasmuch as.
  

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essence; being; generation
  

being; forgetting; owing