transcription, транскрипция: [ bi:ɪŋ ]
( beings)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Being is the present participle of be .
2.
Being is used in non-finite clauses where you are giving the reason for something.
It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off...
Of course, being young, I did not worry.
V-LINK : V n , V adj , also V prep
3.
You can refer to any real or imaginary creature as a being .
...beings from outer space.
N-COUNT
see also human being
4.
Being is existence. Something that is in being or comes into being exists.
Abraham Maslow described psychology as ‘the science of being.’...
The Kingdom of Italy formally came into being on 17 March 1861.
= existence
N-UNCOUNT
5.
You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying. ( mainly BRIT INFORMAL, SPOKEN )
I used to go everywhere with my mother being as I was the youngest.
PHRASE
6.
other things being equal: see equal
for the time being: see time
see also well-being