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Rhymes with -iːɪŋ, -ɪŋ

Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.

countable, uncountable A living creature. Minute grew into minute, and still there was no sign of life, nor did the curtain move; but I felt the gaze of the unknown being sinking through and through me, and filling me with a nameless terror, till the perspiration stood in beads upon my brow.
countable, uncountable The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
countable, uncountable That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
countable, uncountable One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
countable, obsolete, uncountable An abode; a cottage. It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.

Given that; since. ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].