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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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Jones, who arrived at the scene with his partner a few minutes behind the others, was seen running to the front of the diamond formation without being ordered to do so.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Verdin thinks he’s right for the role of leading the NSF, despite not being a scientist.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

“He really was very good at being thoughtful and careful and not particularly conspicuous,” said Laurence Tribe, who taught Roberts constitutional law at Harvard.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Tanya Nasir, 47, managed a unit looking after premature babies at Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital for five months before being found out.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“Remember Hesterfowl’s premonition about the one in Deadwood vanishing forever? That’s me. I’m being forced out. Replaced.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman