dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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NOUN | 1 | being, beingness, existence | The state or fact of existing |
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2 | being, organism | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
Sounds | biy'ihng |
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Rhymes | abating, abducting, abiding, and 2078 more rhymes in ihng at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The state or fact of existing. |
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Examples | "a point of view gradually coming into being" |
Synonyms | beingness, existence |
Attributes | existent, existing; nonexistent |
Narrower | actuality; eternity, timelessness, timeless existence; preexistence; coexistence; subsistence; presence; life; animation, life, living, aliveness; life; transcendence, transcendency; possibility, possibleness |
Broader | state |
Contrary | nonbeing; nonexistence, nonentity |
Verbs | be |
Meaning | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
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Synonyms | organism |
Category of | bioluminescent; cellular; actinal; zygote, fertilized ovum; parthenote; organic chemistry; stratum; metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis; morphogenesis |
Parts | cell; body part |
Narrower | benthos; heterotroph; person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul; animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna; plant, flora, plant life; conspecific; denizen; amphidiploid; diploid; haploid; heteroploid; polyploid; animalcule, animalculum; microorganism; aerobe; anaerobe; hybrid, crossbreed, cross; polymorph; relative, congener, congenator; plankton; nekton; parasite; host; commensal; myrmecophile; eukaryote, eucaryote; prokaryote, procaryote; zooid; clone, clon; atavist, throwback; individual; mascot; mutant, mutation, variation, sport; sitter; stander; utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser; nonvascular organism; relict; saprophyte, saprophytic organism; saprobe; katharobe |
Broader | living thing, animate thing |
Substances | tissue |
Verbs | be |