Definition of being
1 a
: the quality or state of having existence
- a social movement that came into being in the 1960s
- artistic form comes into being only when two elements are successfully fused
- —Carlos Lynes
b (1)
: something that is conceivable and hence capable of existing
(2)
: something that actually exists
(3)
: the totality of existing things
c
: conscious existence : life
2
: the qualities that constitute an existent thing : essence
- I knew it was true in the core of my being.
3
: a living thing
- sentient beings
- a mythical being
- a very sexual being
