being

being
1 verb
1 the present participle of be
2 used in explanations: Being a quiet sort of fellow, I didn't want to get involved. | You can't expect them just to ignore it, human nature being what it is.
3 being as spoken especially BrE because; as: He wasn't that keen to drive, being as he'd had a few drinks.
2 noun
1 come into being/be brought into being to begin to exist: a society that first came into being in 1912.
2 (C) a living thing, especially a person: a human being | strange beings from outer space
3 (U) literary the most important quality or nature of something, especially of a person: the core/roots/whole of sb's being: The music seemed to touch the whole of her being.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Being — Be ing, adv. Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] And being you have Declined his means, you have increased his malice. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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