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being
be·ing / ˈbēing/ • present participle of be. • n. 1. existence: the railway brought many towns into being. ∎ living; being alive: holism promotes a unified way of being. 2. [in sing.] the nature or essence of a person: sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the others. 3. a real or imaginary living creature, esp. an intelligent one: animals regarded as primitive beings. ∎ a human being: she felt anxiety about so small and vulnerable a being. ∎ a supernatural entity: a being who had made all things. |
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"being." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "being." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-being.html "being." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-being.html |
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•Beijing, bing, bring, Chungking, cling, ding, dingaling, fling, I Ching, king, Kunming, ling, Ming, Nanjing, Peking, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, wing, wring, Xining, zing
•saying, slaying
•bricklaying • minelaying
•being, far-seeing, unseeing
•sightseeing • well-being
•blackberrying
•dairying, unvarying
•unwearying
•self-pitying, unpitying
•belying, dying, lying, self-denying, tying, vying
•unedifying • unsatisfying • outlying
•drawing • underdrawing
•easygoing, flowing, going, knowing, mowing, outgoing, showing, sowing, thoroughgoing, toing and froing
•seagoing • ongoing • foregoing
•theatregoing • churchgoing
•following • borrowing • annoying
•bluing, doing, misdoing
•evil-doing • wrongdoing
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"being." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "being." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-being.html "being." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-being.html |
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