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noun
1.
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
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conscious, mortal existence; life: Our being is as an instantaneous flash of light in the midst of eternal night.
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something that exists: inanimate beings.
5.
EXPANDa living thing: strange, exotic beings that live in the depths of the sea.
conjunction
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Nonstandard. since; because; considering that (often followed by as, as how, or that): Being it's midnight, let's go home. Being as how you cooked supper, I'll do the dishes.
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Non-being
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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