/ ˈbiːɪŋ; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U ] existence :
The Irish Free State came into being in 1922.
A new era was brought into being by the war.
—see also well-being
2.
[ C ] a living creature :
human beings
a strange being from another planet
3.
[ U ] ( formal ) your mind and all of your feelings :
I hated him with my whole being.
—see also be verb