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being definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be 8 of 13 senses of be Sense 1 be => suffer, hurt => be well => suffer => feel => stay, remain, rest => continue => sparkle, scintillate => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate => rank => point => want need require => rest => cut => seethe => mope, moon around moon about => sulk, grizzle, brood, stew => look appear, seem => appear, seem => owe => belong => cover => represent => account => cut across => begin, start => begin => stand => specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate => go => make sense add up => consist, comprise => prove, turn out turn up => account for => remain => stand by stick by stick to stick with adhere => loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => total, number, add up come amount => count matter, weigh => rate, deserve, merit => buy => shine => fall => depend => underlie => stink => subtend, delimit => incarnate, body forth, embody => contain, take hold => cost, be => measure => hum, buzz, seethe => pass => abound => disagree, disaccord, discord => gape, yawn, yaw => tend, be given lean, incline, run => pride => run, go => figure, enter => press => rage => relate, interrelate => rut => stagnate => stagnate => come in handy => squat => hoodoo => impend => range, run => stay, stay on continue, remain => sell => translate => head, head up => come in for => compare => fall, come => run into encounter => gravitate => pay => diverge => shine => iridesce => lie => stand => hang => litter => suit => end => fit => lend => let go => belong => belong => wind, curve => jumble, mingle => promise => accept take => clean => draw => wash => balance => hail, come => act => test => seem => answer => attend => beat => hold => contain => connect => sell => sell => kill => make => deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify => consist => work => lubricate => breathe Sense 3 be => stretch, stretch along => attend, go to => occupy, fill => dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate => inhabit, occupy => stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance, keep one's hands off stay away => reach, extend to touch => run, go pass, lead, extend => go lead => cover, extend => extend, stick out poke out reach out => lie => sit => face => straddle => follow => center on => lie, rest => belong, go => come Sense 4 exist, be => come => preexist => kick around knock about kick about => coexist => prevail, hold obtain => dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in => endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril => flow Sense 6 equal, be => equate, correspond => match, fit correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree => represent, stand for correspond Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be => make => compose => form constitute, make => range, straddle => fall into fall under => present, pose Sense 8 be follow => vet => cox Sense 9 embody, be personify => body, personify => exemplify, represent, typify Sense 13 cost, be => set back knock back put back Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be 8 of 13 senses of be Sense 1 be => suffer, hurt => have => gag, choke, suffocate => ail => starve, hunger, famish => be well => suffer => freeze => swelter => feel => suffocate => stay, remain, rest => sit tight => stick together, stay together => stand => keep stay fresh => be => continue => carry, extend => last => prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure => carry over => stand => wash => sparkle, scintillate => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate => perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape => defy, resist, refuse => beggar => disorient, disorientate => rank => place come in come out => come => point => want need require => cry => rest => kneel => stand stand up => ramp => stand back => line up queue up queue => cut => seethe => bubble over overflow, spill over => mope, moon around moon about => sulk, grizzle, brood, stew => look appear, seem => make => cut => feel => pass off => sound => come across => glow, beam, radiate, shine => glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine => spangle => shimmer => leap out jump out jump, stand out stick out => rise, lift, rear => loom, tower, hulk => loom => feel => crawl => appear, seem => seem => owe => mortgage => bond => belong => cover => represent => instantiate => speak for => account => cut across => begin, start => begin => stand => specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate => determine => pin down peg down nail down narrow down narrow, specify => concretize => redefine => go => make sense add up => consist, comprise => prove, turn out turn up => result, ensue => come => be due, flow from => follow => follow come after => account for => remain => stand by stick by stick to stick with adhere => loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => prowl, lurch => total, number, add up come amount => work out => outnumber => average, average out => make => count matter, weigh => weigh, press => rate, deserve, merit => buy => shine => fall => depend => underlie => stink => subtend, delimit => incarnate, body forth, embody => reincarnate => contain, take hold => sleep => seat => cost, be => set back knock back put back => measure => stand => weigh => last endure => run, run for => wear, hold out endure => drag on drag out => scale => hum, buzz, seethe => teem, swarm => crawl => pass => abound => disagree, disaccord, discord => gape, yawn, yaw => tend, be given lean, incline, run => take kindly to => suffer => gravitate => pride => run, go => figure, enter => press => rage => relate, interrelate => predicate => tutor => tie in => rut => stagnate => stagnate => come in handy => squat => hoodoo => impend => range, run => stay, stay on continue, remain => bide, abide, stay => overstay, outstay => sell => retail => trade => translate => head, head up => come in for => compare => go => fall, come => run into encounter => gravitate => pay => diverge => shine => iridesce => opalesce => lie => stand => hang => brood, hover, loom, bulk large => litter => suit => agree => end => close => fit => fit go => joint => lend => let go => belong => belong => wind, curve => circumvolute => spiral => snake => jumble, mingle => promise => accept take => clean => draw => wash => balance => hail, come => act => test => seem => answer => attend => beat => hold => contain => connect => sell => sell => kill => make => deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify => consist => work => lubricate => breathe Sense 3 be => stretch, stretch along => attend, go to => sit in => worship => offer, offer up => sacrifice => immolate => occupy, fill => deluge, flood, inundate => crowd => take up => dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate => neighbor, neighbour => rusticate => occupy, reside, lodge in => move in => stay at => squat => crash => cohabit, shack up => miscegenate => lodge => sleep over => camp, encamp, camp out bivouac, tent => board, room => inhabit, occupy => tenant => infest => invade, overrun, infest => nest => stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance, keep one's hands off stay away => reach, extend to touch => reach into => run, go pass, lead, extend => come => radiate, ray => go far go deep => go lead => cover, extend => cross, traverse, span, sweep => sweep => rake => enfilade => overlap => spread, overspread => ridge => dot, stud, constellate => extend, stick out poke out reach out => lie => ride => lap => localize, localise => slant => precede, predate => underlie => cap, crest => front, look face => confront => back => flank => head => surmount => pinnacle => crown => dominate, command, overlook, overtop => shadow, overshadow, dwarf => line run along => rim => beard => orient, point => look out on look out over overlook, look across => sit => face => straddle => follow => center on => lie, rest => belong, go => come Sense 4 exist, be => come => preexist => kick around knock about kick about => coexist => coexist => coincide, cooccur => overlap => prevail, hold obtain => dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in => inhere => pertain, appertain => endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril => flow Sense 6 equal, be => equate, correspond => match, fit correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree => consist => look => answer => coincide => align => correlate => parallel => twin, duplicate, parallel => square => corroborate, underpin, bear out support => resemble => look like => come to life => take after => approximate, come close => border on approach => converge => imitate, copy => make => ape => emulate => follow suit => echo, recall => meet fit conform to => coordinate => behoove, behove => satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to => suffice, do answer, serve => tide over bridge over keep going => go a long way => serve, function => prelude => act as => qualify, measure up => go around => cover => suit, accommodate, fit => homologize => befit, suit, beseem => harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in agree => blend, go blend in => pattern => accede, adhere => overlap => share => partake => osculate => rhyme, rime => assonate => represent, stand for correspond Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be => make => compose => form constitute, make => constellate => conglobate, conglobe => chelate => add => range, straddle => spread-eagle => fall into fall under => present, pose Sense 8 be follow => vet => cox Sense 9 embody, be personify => body, personify => exemplify, represent, typify Sense 13 cost, be => set back knock back put back Entailment of verb be Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb be 13 senses of be Sense 1 be Sense 2 be Sense 3 be Sense 4 exist, be Sense 5 be Sense 6 equal, be Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be Sense 8 be follow Sense 9 embody, be personify => symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent Sense 10 be => take occupy, use up Sense 11 be live Sense 12 be => stay, remain, rest Sense 13 cost, be => be Familiarity of verb be be used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 13) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb be Sense 1 be -------------- Sense 2 be -------------- Sense 3 be -------------- Sense 4 exist, be -------------- Sense 5 be -------------- Sense 6 equal, be -------------- Sense 7 constitute, represent, make up comprise, be -------------- Sense 8 be follow -------------- Sense 9 embody, be personify => symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent -------------- Sense 10 be => take occupy, use up -------------- Sense 11 be live -------------- Sense 12 be => stay, remain, rest -------------- Sense 13 cost, be => be -------------- Grep of noun being animate being being beingness extraterrestrial being human being ill-being imaginary being mythical being nonbeing spiritual being supernatural being supreme being time being well-being wellbeing Overview of noun being The noun being has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (12) being beingness, existence -- (the state or fact of existing: "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries") 2. (7) organism, being living thing -- (a living (or once living) entity that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently) Overview of verb be The verb be has 13 senses (first 11 from tagged texts) 1. (10720) be -- (have the quality of being (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") 2. (3033) be -- (be identical to be someone or something as in "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house") 3. (921) be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; also for abstract situations and relations: "What is behind this behavior?") 4. (698) exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?") 5. (634) be -- (happen, occur, take place ""I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen") 6. (270) equal, be -- (be identical or equivalent to: "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!") 7. (188) constitute, represent, make up comprise, be -- (form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army") 8. (86) be follow -- (work in a specific place with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher") 9. (56) embody, be personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet") 10. (2) be -- (spend or use time: "I may be an hour") 11. (1) be live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war") 12. be -- (to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form "let her be") 13. cost, be -- (be priced at "These shoes cost $100") Overview of noun being The noun being has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (12) being beingness, existence -- (the state or fact of existing: "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries") 2. (7) organism, being living thing -- (a living (or once living) entity that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently) Overview of verb be The verb be has 13 senses (first 11 from tagged texts) 1. (10720) be -- (have the quality of being (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") 2. (3033) be -- (be identical to be someone or something as in "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house") 3. (921) be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; also for abstract situations and relations: "What is behind this behavior?") 4. (698) exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?") 5. (634) be -- (happen, occur, take place ""I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen") 6. (270) equal, be -- (be identical or equivalent to: "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!") 7. (188) constitute, represent, make up comprise, be -- (form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army") 8. (86) be follow -- (work in a specific place with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher") 9. (56) embody, be personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet") 10. (2) be -- (spend or use time: "I may be an hour") 11. (1) be live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war") 12. be -- (to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form "let her be") 13. cost, be -- (be priced at "These shoes cost $100")
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