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being > 2 senses
NOUN1being, beingness, existenceThe state or fact of existing
2being, organismA living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
being > pronunciation
Soundsbiy'ihng
Rhymesabating, abducting, abiding, and 2078 more rhymes in ihng at the HyperDic website...
being > noun 1, state
MeaningThe state or fact of existing.
Examples"a point of view gradually coming into being"
Synonymsbeingness, existence
Attributesexistent, existing; nonexistent
Narroweractuality; eternity, timelessness, timeless existence; preexistence; coexistence; subsistence; presence; life; animation, life, living, aliveness; life; transcendence, transcendency; possibility, possibleness
Broaderstate
Contrarynonbeing; nonexistence, nonentity
Verbsbe
being > noun 2, Tops
MeaningA living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
Synonymsorganism
Category ofbioluminescent; cellular; actinal; zygote, fertilized ovum; parthenote; organic chemistry; stratum; metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis; morphogenesis
Partscell; body part
Narrowerbenthos; heterotroph; person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul; animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna; plant, flora, plant life; conspecific; denizen; amphidiploid; diploid; haploid; heteroploid; polyploid; animalcule, animalculum; microorganism; aerobe; anaerobe; hybrid, crossbreed, cross; polymorph; relative, congener, congenator; plankton; nekton; parasite; host; commensal; myrmecophile; eukaryote, eucaryote; prokaryote, procaryote; zooid; clone, clon; atavist, throwback; individual; mascot; mutant, mutation, variation, sport; sitter; stander; utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser; nonvascular organism; relict; saprophyte, saprophytic organism; saprobe; katharobe
Broaderliving thing, animate thing
Substancestissue
Verbsbe

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