• (British) IPA: /ˈbiːɪŋ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈbiɪŋ/, /ˈbiŋ/

1. present participle of be#English|be

being

1. A living creature.
2. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

   • Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.

3. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
4. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
5. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.

   • It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.

• (a living creature) See also Thesaurus:creature
• (the state or fact of existence) See also Thesaurus:existence

• French: être, créature
• German: Wesen, Geschöpf
• Italian: essere, creatura
• Portuguese: ser, criatura
• Russian: (живой
• Spanish: ser, criatura

• French: existence
• German: Sein, Dasein
• Italian: esistenza
• Portuguese: existência
• Russian: существова́ние
• Spanish: existencia

1. (obsolete) Given that; since.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:

     , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:

     ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

• as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because