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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.
4.
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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Nonbeing
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| nonbeing (ˌnɒnˈbiːɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| See also subsistence the philosophical problem arising from the fact that the ability to refer appears to presuppose the existence of whatever is referred to, and yet we can talk intelligibly about nonexistent objects | |
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