Be(v. i.)
- To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
Be(v. i.)
- To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.
Be(v. i.)
- To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.
Be(v. i.)
- To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
Being(n.)
- Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
Being(n.)
- That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.