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say it: BEE-ing
being is a noun meaning "the state or fact of existing". It is pronounced /ˈbiɪŋ/ — BEE-ing. It carries 2 recorded senses.
the state or fact of existing
“a point of view gradually coming into being”
“laws in existence for centuries”
“he appeared on the face of the earth one day”
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for being come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.