being

noun

• 1 [mass noun] existence:the railway brought many towns into being the single market came into being in 1993
• being alive; living:holism promotes a unified way of being

• 2 [in singular] the nature or essence of a person:sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the others

• 3a real or imaginary living creature or entity, especially an intelligent one:alien beings a rational being