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},
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]
},
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},
{
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},
{
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "wese"
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"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "vera"
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"sense": "a living creature",
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],
"word": "neach"
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "dúil"
},
{
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"sense": "a living creature",
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],
"word": "essere"
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"sense": "a living creature",
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"alt": "いきもの",
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"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "生き物"
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{
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"word": "ភាវៈរស់"
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{
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"word": "ជន"
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"sense": "a living creature",
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{
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"sense": "a living creature",
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"sense": "a living creature",
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"sense": "a living creature",
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"sense": "a living creature",
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{
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"roman": "sútnistʹ",
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],
"word": "созда́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvorénije",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "творе́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "биће"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "створ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "створење"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "biće"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stvor"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "stvorenje"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tvor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stvorenie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "bytosť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bitje"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stvor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ser"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "criatura"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "varelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "väsen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "yaratık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "istóta",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "істо́та"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stvorínnja",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "створі́ння"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sútnistʹ",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "су́тність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tvarýna",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "твари́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tvarʹ",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тварь"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "èsare"
},
{
"alt": "生物",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "sinh vật"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "jafäb"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hijafäb"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "a living creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jijafäb"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "a living creature",
"word": "conawır"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaynūna",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "كَيْنُونَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kawn",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "كَوْن"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "goyutʿyun",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "գոյություն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "varlıq"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "barlıq",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "барлыҡ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"english": "philosophical",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yəşəyeş",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "йәшәйеш"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "isnavánnje",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "існава́нне"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "byccjó",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "быццё"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎštestvúvane",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "съществу́ване"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bitie",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "битие"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ésser"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cúnzài",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "存在"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "existence"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "život"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytí"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "opstå"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bestaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "esto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "olemasolu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "olemassaolo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "existence"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "être"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dasein"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "wists",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ýparxi",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ύπαρξη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yeshut",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "ישות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "lét (ezés)"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "tilvera"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "keberadaan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "ada"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beith"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "esistenza"
},
{
"alt": "そんざい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sonzai",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "存在"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bolmys",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "болмыс"
},
{
"alt": "存在",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jonjae",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "존재"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vita"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ortus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "caput"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "salus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "natura"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vis"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "essentia"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "eksistence"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "esamība"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "egzistavimas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bitie",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "битие"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "postoenje",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "постоење"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beays"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "kaiaotanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "tauoranga"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "vuj",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "вуй"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "tilværelse"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "det å være"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "bli til"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vojud",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "وجود"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "boveš",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "بوش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hasti",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "هستی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "istnienie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bycie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "byt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "existência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "existență"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "naștere"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "ființă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suščestvovánije",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "существова́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "philosophical",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytijé",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"poetic"
],
"word": "бытие́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "биће"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "biće"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "vznik"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bytosť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bivanje"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obstajanje"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bitje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "existencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "tillvaro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "existens"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "kamagingan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "varlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "isnuvánnja",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "існува́ння"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "buttjá",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "буття́"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "dabin"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "estek"
},
{
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "the state or fact of existence",
"word": "ǃnáã"
}
],
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}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English conjunctions",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verb forms",
"English verbal nouns",
"Rhymes:English/iːɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/iːɪŋ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋ/1 syllable",
"Translation table header lacks gloss"
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"word": "being that"
}
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{
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{
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{
"word": "art"
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{
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{
"word": "been"
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{
"word": "beest"
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{
"word": "was"
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{
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{
"word": "were"
},
{
"word": "wert"
}
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"ref": ", New York Review Books 2001, p.280",
"text": "’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […]."
}
],
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"Given that; since."
],
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"Given that",
"given that"
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[
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"since"
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}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiːɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiːŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiŋ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːɪŋ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-being.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-being.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-being.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-being.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"London"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-us-being.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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}
],
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{
"word": "as"
},
{
"word": "because"
},
{
"word": "seeing that"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "beeing"
},
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "beïng"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bídejki",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "би́дейки"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bidejḱi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "бидејќи"
}
],
"word": "being"
}
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