[be.ing] n (14c) 1 a: the quality or state of having existence b (1): something conceivable as existing (2): something that actually exists (3): the totality of existing things c: conscious existence: life
2: the qualities that constitute an existent thing: essence; esp: personality
3: a living thing; esp: person
[2]being adj [prp. of be] (14c): present--used in the phrase for the time being [3]being conj (1528) chiefly dial: since, because--usu. used with as, as how, or that