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being
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 -- (a living thing 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; "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"; "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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun being
2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun being
2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
=> actuality
=> eternity, timelessness, timeless existence
=> preexistence
=> coexistence
=> subsistence
=> presence
=> life
=> animation, life, living, aliveness
=> life
=> transcendence, transcendency
=> possibility, possibleness
Sense 2
organism, being
=> benthos
=> heterotroph
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> conspecific
=> carrier
=> denizen
=> amphidiploid
=> diploid
=> haploid
=> heteroploid
=> polyploid
=> animalcule, animalculum
=> microorganism, micro-organism
=> aerobe
=> anaerobe
=> hybrid, crossbreed, cross
=> polymorph
=> relative, congener, congenator, congeneric
=> plankton
=> nekton
=> parasite
=> host
=> commensal
=> myrmecophile
=> eukaryote, eucaryote
=> prokaryote, procaryote
=> zooid
=> clone, clon
=> atavist, throwback
=> individual
=> mascot
=> mutant, mutation, variation, sport
=> postdiluvian
=> sitter
=> stander
=> utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
=> nonvascular organism
=> relict
=> saprophyte, saprophytic organism
=> saprobe
=> katharobe
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun being
2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
=> state
Sense 2
organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
Antonyms of noun being
1 of 2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
Antonym of nonbeing (Sense 1)
=>nonbeing
Member Holonyms of noun being
Substance Holonyms of noun being
Part Holonyms of noun being
Member Meronyms of noun being
Substance Meronyms of noun being
1 of 2 senses of being
Sense 2
organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
Part Meronyms of noun being
1 of 2 senses of being
Sense 2
organism, being
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: body part
Meronyms of noun being
1 of 2 senses of being
Sense 2
organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: body part
Holonyms of noun being
Attributes of noun being
1 of 2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
=> existent (vs. nonexistent), existing
=> nonexistent (vs. existent)
Derived Forms of noun being
2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
RELATED TO>(verb) be#4
=> exist, be
Sense 2
organism, being
RELATED TO>(verb) be#11
=> be, live
Domain of noun being
Domain Terms of noun being
1 of 2 senses of being
Sense 2
organism, being
TOPIC TERM>(adj) bioluminescent#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) cellular#2
TOPIC TERM>(adj) actinal#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) zygote#1, fertilized ovum#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) parthenote#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) organic chemistry#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) stratum#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) metabolism#2, metabolic process#1, metastasis#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) morphogenesis#1
Familiarity of noun being
being used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun being
2 senses of being
Sense 1
being, beingness, existence
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Sense 2
organism, being
> living thing, animate thing
=> organism, being
=> life
=> biont
=> cell
Meronyms of noun being
2 senses of being
Sense 2
organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun being
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
Antonyms of verb be
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated 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
=> typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> mean, intend
=> convey, impart
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 10
be
=> take, occupy, use up
=> use, expend
Sense 11
be, live
Sense 12
be
=> stay, remain, rest
=> be
Sense 13
cost, be
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be
8 of 13 senses of be
Sense 1
be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> 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, 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, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> 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, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 3
be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> 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, continue, extend
=> extend, 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
=> distribute
Sense 6
equal, be
=> equate, correspond
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> represent, stand for, correspond
=> translate
Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
=> make
=> compose
=> form, constitute, make
=> range, straddle
=> fall into, fall under
=> present, pose
=> supplement
Sense 8
be, follow
=> vet
=> cox
Sense 9
embody, be, personify
=> body, personify
=> exemplify, represent
Sense 13
cost, be
=> set back, knock back, put back
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated 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
=> typify, 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
'Cause To' of verb be
Derived Forms of verb be
2 of 13 senses of be
Sense 4
exist, be
RELATED TO>(noun) being#1
=> being, beingness, existence
Sense 11
be, live
RELATED TO>(noun) being#2
=> organism, being
Domain of verb be
Domain Terms of verb be
Familiarity of verb be
be used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =13)
Sample Sentences of verb be
13 senses of be
Sense 1
be
EX: John will be angry
Sense 2
be
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
be
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
exist, be
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
be
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
equal, be
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
be, follow
*> Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 9
embody, be, personify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 10
be
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
be, live
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 12
be
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 13
cost, be
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb be
4 of 13 senses of be
Sense 9
embody, be, personify
> typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
=> embody, be, personify
=> typify, epitomize, epitomise
Sense 10
be
> take, occupy, use up
=> be
Sense 12
be
> stay, remain, rest
=> sit tight
=> stick together, stay together
=> stand
=> keep, stay fresh
=> be
Sense 13
cost, be
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> 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, 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, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> 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, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb be
Sense 1
be
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Sense 2
be
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Sense 3
be
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Sense 4
exist, be
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Sense 5
be
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Sense 6
equal, be
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Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
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Sense 8
be, follow
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Sense 9
embody, be, personify
=> typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
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Sense 10
be
=> take, occupy, use up
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Sense 11
be, live
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Sense 12
be
=> stay, remain, rest
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Sense 13
cost, be
=> be
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Grep of verb being
come into being
Grep of verb be
ascribe
be
be active
be adrift
be after
be amiss
be at pains
be born
be due
be full
be given
be intimate
be on
be on cloud nine
be on the ball
be quiet
be sick
be well
be with it
beach
beacon
bead
beak
beam
bean
bear
bear away
bear down
bear down on
bear down upon
bear in mind
bear off
bear on
bear out
bear up
bear upon
bear witness
beard
beat
beat a retreat
beat about
beat around the bush
beat back
beat down
beat in
beat out
beat up
beatify
beautify
beaver
beaver away
bebop
becalm
bechance
becharm
beckon
becloud
become
become flat
bed
bed-hop
bed down
bedamn
bedaub
bedaze
bedazzle
bedeck
bedevil
bedew
bedhop
bedight
bedim
bedizen
bedraggle
beef
beef up
beep
beeswax
beetle
beetle off
befall
befit
befog
befool
befoul
befriend
befuddle
beg
beg off
beget
beggar
begild
begin
begird
begrime
begrudge
beguile
behave
behead
behold
behoove
behove
bejewel
belabor
belabour
belay
belch
beleaguer
belie
believe
believe in
belittle
bell
bell the cat
bellow
belly
belly-flop
belly-land
belly dance
belly out
bellyache
bellylaugh
belong
belong to
belt
belt along
belt down
belt out
belt up
bemire
bemoan
bemock
bemuse
bench
bend
bend over backwards
benday
benefact
benefice
beneficiate
benefit
benficiate
benight
benumb
beplaster
bequeath
berate
bereave
berry
berth
beseech
beseem
beset
beshrew
besiege
besmear
besmirch
besot
bespangle
bespatter
bespeak
bespeckle
bespot
besprinkle
best
bestialise
bestialize
bestir
bestir oneself
bestow
bestrew
bestride
bet
bet on
betake oneself
bethink
betide
betoken
betray
betroth
better
bevel
bewail
beware
bewhisker
bewilder
bewitch
bewray
bribe
cause to be perceived
circumscribe
conglobe
cube
describe
disrobe
enrobe
flambe
gibe
gybe
imbibe
inscribe
jibe
lube
prescribe
probe
proscribe
robe
scribe
subscribe
superscribe
take to be
transcribe
tube
Grep of adv being
for the time being
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