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being noun

  /ˈbiŋ/ , /ˈbiɪŋ/ , /ˈbiːŋ/ , /ˈbiːɪn(ɡ)/ , /ˈbiːɪŋ/
  • A living creature.
 être, créature
  • The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
 être, existence

be verb

  /bi/ , /biː/ , /bɪ/ , [bi(ː)] , [biː] , [bɪj]
  • (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
  • (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
  • Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent.
  • Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
  • Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase.
  • Used to link a subject to a measurement.
  • To occupy a place.
  • (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
  • To occur, to take place.
 être
  • (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
 être, avoir, faire
  • Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
  • (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
 avoir, être
  • (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
 aller, venir, être
  • (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
 faire, être

being conjunction

  /ˈbiŋ/ , /ˈbiɪŋ/ , /ˈbiːŋ/ , /ˈbiːɪn(ɡ)/ , /ˈbiːɪŋ/
étant donné que

Bes properNoun

  /bɛs/
  • (Egyptian god) An ancient Egyptian god, the protector of households and mothers, children and childbirth.
 Bès

BE

meilleure estimation
human being
être humain, homme, humain, humaine
well-being
bien-être
come into being
apparaître
for the time being
pour le moment, pour l'instant
all things being equal
toutes choses égales par ailleurs
supreme being
Être suprême
that being said
après
Supreme Being
Puissance supérieure
being-in-itself
être-en-soi
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