being

Definition for being

noun as in existence

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actuality, animation, journey, life, living, presence, reality, subsistence, vitality, world

noun as in essential nature

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character, entity, essence, essentiality, individuality, marrow, personality, quintessence, self, soul, spirit, substance, texture

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essentia

noun as in animate object

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animal, beast, body, creature, entity, human, individual, mortal, organism, person, personage, soul, thing

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conscious thing, human being, living thing

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It’s not about being a loser, he thinks, but it is about not winning.

From Los Angeles Times

"Ethan was being beaten, he was being starved, and he was being deprived of fluids," the judge told the court.

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In attack, he is being encouraged to drop deep to assist in building up while having the licence to contribute to attacks on both the left and right.

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There are believed to be 48 hostages still being held in the Palestinian territory by the armed group, only 20 of whom are thought to be alive.

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A medical expert told the trial that Brendon's injuries were consistent with his head being swung against a hard surface "more than once" while he was being held by his ankles.

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