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1
a person or thing that
exists
:
Examples:
A
nuclear
war
would kill
millions
of
living
beings.
Strange
beings from
outer
space
are still a
popular
subject
for sci-fi
movies
.
2
the
state
of
existing
:
Examples:
We do not know exactly how life first came into being (=
began
to
exist
.)
3
present
participle of be
4
a person or thing that
exists
, or the
state
of
existing
:
Examples:
[
C
]
human
/
living
beings
[
U
] The
group
came into being (=
began
to
exist
) to help
relatives
of the
terminally
ill
.
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