"being" meaning in Anglais

See being in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈbi.ɪŋ\, \ˈbiː.ɪŋ\, ˈbiː.ɪŋ Audio: En-us-being.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-being.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-being.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-being.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Robust Footman-being.wav Forms: beings [plural]
  1. Être, créature.
    Sense id: fr-being-en-noun-7S2hxEJJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: come into being, fleet in being, higher being, human being, state of being, supreme being
Categories (other): Dérivations en anglais, Lemmes en anglais, Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ing, Noms communs en anglais, Anglais

Verb

IPA: \ˈbi.ɪŋ\, \ˈbiː.ɪŋ\, ˈbiː.ɪŋ Audio: En-us-being.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-being.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-being.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-being.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Robust Footman-being.wav
Forms: (to) be, been [participle, past], be (2ᵉ sing. arch. : beest) [subjunctive, present], were (2ᵉ sing. arch. : wast) [subjunctive, past], am [affirmative], ’m [affirmative], am not [negative], aren’t, amn’t [negative], art [affirmative], ’rt [affirmative], art not [negative], are [affirmative], ’re [affirmative], are not [negative], aren’t [negative], is [affirmative], ’s [affirmative], is not [negative], isn’t [negative], was [affirmative, preterite], was not [negative, preterite], wasn’t [negative, preterite], wast, wert [affirmative, preterite], wast/wert not [negative, preterite], were [affirmative, preterite], were not [negative, preterite], weren’t [negative, preterite]
  1. Participe présent de be. Form of: be
    Sense id: fr-being-en-verb-G7A9T5CT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Dérivations en anglais, Formes de verbes en anglais, Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ing, Anglais

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "fleet in being"
    },
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      "word": "higher being"
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    }
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    "Dérivé de be, avec le suffixe -ing."
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        "\\ˈbiː.ɪŋz\\"
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        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
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        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
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        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
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        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
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        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
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        "Longue",
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        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
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        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
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        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
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        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
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        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
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        "1^(ère) et 3ᵉ sing."
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  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
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        {
          "ref": "David Mitchell, Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By, Guardian Faber Publishing, 2019, p. 28",
          "text": "It appears the market for top-end modern artworks is booming because, Penny says, they’re being “bought as investments, more than has ever previously been the case; they are deemed to constitute a secure ‘alternative asset class’”."
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Infinitif et Impératif"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "be (2ᵉ sing. arch. : beest)",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were (2ᵉ sing. arch. : wast)",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "’m",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am not",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "1^(ère) sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "’rt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère), 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ plur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère), 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ plur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "are not",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère), 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ plur."
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aren’t",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère), 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ plur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "is",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "’s",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is not",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "isn’t",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "1^(ère) et 3ᵉ sing."
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was not",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "1^(ère) et 3ᵉ sing."
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      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "1^(ère) et 3ᵉ sing."
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      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "preterite"
      ]
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Longue",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
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      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "preterite"
      ]
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    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère) et 2ᵉ plur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were not",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longue",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère) et 2ᵉ plur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weren’t",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contra.",
        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère) et 2ᵉ plur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "preterite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "David Mitchell, Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By, Guardian Faber Publishing, 2019, p. 28",
          "text": "It appears the market for top-end modern artworks is booming because, Penny says, they’re being “bought as investments, more than has ever previously been the case; they are deemed to constitute a secure ‘alternative asset class’”."
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Participe présent de be."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\ˈbi.ɪŋ\\",
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        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "\\ˈbiː.ɪŋ\\",
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    },
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  ],
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}

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