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  • present participle of be.
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being

[bee-ing] / ˈbi ɪŋ /
NOUN
existence
Synonyms
STRONG
actuality animation journey life living presence reality subsistence vitality world
Antonyms
WEAK
abstract deadness inanimate
NOUN
essential nature
Synonyms
STRONG
character entity essence essentiality individuality marrow personality quintessence self soul spirit substance texture
WEAK
essentia
Antonyms
WEAK
abstract deadness inanimate
NOUN
animate object
Synonyms
STRONG
animal beast body creature entity human individual mortal organism person personage soul thing
WEAK
conscious thing human being living thing
Antonyms
STRONG
abstract animal concept inanimate plant
WEAK
deadness

Example Sentences

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I don’t know what these Gen Zers are talking about with this Shrek being below your league.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And one of the great things about this show was being in community in that way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And there were a lot of late nights, there was a lot of hair being pulled out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It is being sold through a select group of brokerages, including Charles Schwab, Robinhood and Fidelity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

There was a small problem, Don Quixote was told; "the castle's chapel" was "being rebuilt."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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