Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - being
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Being
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(beings) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Being is the present participle of be. 2. Being is used in non-finite clauses where you are giving the reason for something. It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off... Of course, being young, I did not worry. V-LINK: V n, V adj, also V prep 3. You can refer to any real or imaginary creature as a being. ...beings from outer space. N-COUNT see also human being 4. Being is existence. Something that is in being or comes into being exists. Abraham Maslow described psychology as ‘the science of being.’... The Kingdom of Italy formally came into being on 17 March 1861. = existence N-UNCOUNT 5. You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL, SPOKEN) I used to go everywhere with my mother being as I was the youngest. PHRASE 6. other things being equal: see equal for the time being: see time see also well-being
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1.
I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of having existence b. (1) something conceivable as existing (2) something that actually exists (3) the totality of existing things c. conscious existence ; life 2. the qualities that constitute an existent thing ; essence; especially personality 3. a living thing; especially person II. adjective Etymology: present participle of be Date: 14th century present — used in the phrase for the time ~ III. conjunction Date: 1528 chiefly dialect since, because — usually used with as, as how, or that ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 existence. 2 the nature or essence (of a person etc.) (his whole being revolted). 3 a human being. 4 anything that exists or is imagined. Phrases and idioms in being existing. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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4.
1. существование, жизнь in being —- существующий; живой, находящийся в живых to come into being —- возникнуть, появиться на свет to call into being —- вызвать к жизни; создать new cities, brought into being by man —- новые города, созданные человеком the law was in being since... —- юр. закон имел силу с... 2. филос. бытие being determines consciousness —- бытие определяет сознание being for itself —- бытие для себя being in itself —- бытие в себе intentional being —- существование только в разуме 3. (живое) существо a living being —- живое существо human beings —- люди 4. существо, суть love of life was the very core of his being —- любовь к жизни владела всем его существом to the very roots of one's being —- до млзга костей, до глубины души his very being was revolted —- он был возмущен до глубины души 5. бытность; пребывание his being here shouldn't bother you —- то, что он здесь, не должно вас тревожить Id: the Supreme Being —- рел. всевышний, верховное существо Id: to have no settled being —- не иметь определенного местожительства илит занятия Id: as God is in being! —- ей-богу! 6. существующий, настоящий the time being —- гастоящее время for the time being —- пока что ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) бытие, существование, жизнь social being determines consciousness philos. - бытие определяет сознание; - in being - call into being 2) существо, человек - human beings 3) существо, суть; плоть и кровь to the very roots of ones being - до мозга костей 2. adj. существующий, настоящий for the time being - а) в данное время; б) на некоторое время ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
~1 v 1 the present participle of be 2 used in explanations (Being a quiet sort of fellow, I didn't want to get involved. | You can't expect them just to ignore it, human nature being what it is.) 3 being as spoken especially BrE because; as (He wasn't that keen to drive, being as he'd had a few drinks.) ~2 n 1 come into being/be brought into being to begin to exist (a society that first came into being in 1912.) 2 a living thing, especially a person (a human being | strange beings from outer space) 3 literary the most important quality or nature of something, especially of a person (the core/roots/whole of sb's being) (The music seemed to touch the whole of her being.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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