English noun: being |
| 1. | being (state) the state or fact of existing |
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| Samples | A point of view gradually coming into being.
Laws in existence for centuries.
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| Synonyms | beingness, existence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | actuality, aliveness, animation, coexistence, eternity, life, life, life, living, possibility, possibleness, preexistence, presence, subsistence, timeless existence, timelessness, transcendence, transcendency |
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| Attribute | existent, existing, nonexistent |
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| Antonyms | nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence |
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| 2. | being a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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| Synonyms | organism |
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| Broader (hypernym) | animate thing, living thing |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aerobe, amphidiploid, anaerobe, animal, animalcule, animalculum, animate being, atavist, beast, benthos, brute, carrier, clon, clone, commensal, congenator, congener, congeneric, conspecific, creature, cross, crossbreed, denizen, diploid, dwarf, eucaryote, eukaryote, fauna, flora, fungus, haploid, heteroploid, heterotroph, host, hybrid, individual, individual, katharobe, mascot, micro-organism, microorganism, mortal, mutant, mutation, myrmecophile, native, nekton, nonvascular organism, parasite, parent, person, plankton, plant, plant life, polymorph, polyploid, postdiluvian, procaryote, prokaryote, recombinant, relative, relict, saprobe, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, sitter, somebody, someone, soul, sport, stander, throwback, utterer, variation, vocaliser, vocalizer, zooid |
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| Part holonym | body part, cell |
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| Substance holonym | tissue |
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| Domain category members | actinal, bioluminescent, cellular, fertilized ovum, metabolic process, metabolism, morphogenesis, organic chemistry, parthenote, stratum, zygote |
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