being

Universal Words noun 1 [U] existence: The Irish Free State came into being in 1922. * A new era was brought into being by the fall of Communism. seealsoWELL-BEING 2 [C] a living creature: human beings * a strange being from another planet 3 [U] (formal) your mind and all of your feelings: I hated Stefan with my whole being. seealsoBEv.