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.
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