noun an abode; a cottage.
2. being ·adv since; inasmuch as.
3. being ·noun lifetime; mortal existence.
4. being ·p.pr. existing.
5. being ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of be.
6. being ·noun existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
7. being ·noun that which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.