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be verb

  /bi/ , /biː/
  • To occupy a place.
 быть, находи́ться
  • (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
 быть, бу́дет, полу́читься, равно́, равня́ться, соста́вить
  • Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
  • Used to link a subject to a measurement.
 быть, находиться
  • To occur, to take place.
 быть, произойти́, происходи́ть
  • (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
 быть, прийти́, приходи́ть
  • (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
  • (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
  • As an intransitive lexical verb:
 быть, существова́ть
  • (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
  • Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
  • (dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
  • (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
  • To remain undisturbed in a certain state or situation.
 быть

being noun

  /ˈbiŋ/ , /ˈbiɪŋ/ , /ˈbiːŋ/ , /ˈbiːɪŋ/
  • The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
 бытие́, существова́ние
  • A living creature.
 ([[живой|живо́е]]) [[существо́]], созда́ние, тварь, творе́ние
there be
есть, быть, име́ться
be able to
мочь, быть в [[состояние|состоя́нии]], смочь, суме́ть, уме́ть
be about
быть, речь идёт о ...
be my guest
стесняться, угощаться
would-be
мечтающий, претендующий, несостоявшийся
be mother
разливать, чай
be awake
бдеть, бо́дрствовать
be at
ругать
be on at
ругать
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