Beings
1. The state or quality of having existence. See Synonyms at existence.
2.
a. Something, such as an object, an idea, or a symbol, that exists, is thought to exist, or is represented as existing.
b. The totality of all things that exist.
3.
a. A person: "The artist after all is a solitary being" (Virginia Woolf).
b. All the qualities constituting one that exists; the essence.
c. One's basic or essential nature; personality.
1. the state or fact of existing; existence
2. essential nature; self she put her whole being into the part
3. something that exists or is thought to exist, esp something that cannot be assigned to any category a being from outer space
4. a person; human being
5. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Aristotle) actuality Compare becoming
1. the fact of existing; existence.
2. conscious, mortal existence; life.
3. essential substance or nature: the very core of my being.
4. something that exists: inanimate beings.
5. a living thing.
6. a human being; person.
7. (cap.) God.
8. Philos. absolute existence in a complete or perfect state; essence.
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