different between being vs done

English

Alternative forms

• beeing (archaic)
• beïng (rare)

Etymology

Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bi???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bi??/, /?bi?/
• Rhymes: -i???, -??
• Hyphenation: be?ing

Verb

being

1. present participle of be

Noun

being (countable and uncountable, plural beings)

1. A living creature.
2. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
   • 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia

     Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.

3. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
4. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
5. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

   • It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.

Synonyms

• (a living creature): See also Thesaurus:creature
• (the state or fact of existence): See also Thesaurus:existence

Derived terms

Translations

Conjunction

being

1. Given that; since.
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:

     ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

Synonyms

• as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because

Derived terms

• being that

Translations

References

• “being”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “being” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "being" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
• "being" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

See also

Anagrams

• Bengi, begin, binge

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

being f (genitive singular beinge, plural beingean)

1. bench, form

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English don, idon, ?edon, gedon, from Old English d?n, ?ed?n, from Proto-West Germanic *d?n, from Proto-Germanic *d?naz (past participle of *d?n? (“to do”)). Equivalent to do +? -en. Cognate with Scots dune, deen, dene, dane (“done”), Saterland Frisian däin (“done”), West Frisian dien (“done”), Dutch gedaan (“done”), German Low German daan (“done”), German getan (“done”). More at do.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?n/, (regional pronunciations) [d?n], [d?n]
• (US) enPR: d?n, IPA^(key): /d?n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Homophones: dun, Donn, Donne, Dunn, Dunne

Adjective

done (comparative more done, superlative most done)

1. (of food) Ready, fully cooked.

2. Having completed or finished an activity.

3. Being exhausted or fully spent.

4. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

5. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

Synonyms

• (ready, fully cooked):
• (finished an activity): completed, concluded, finished, in the books
• (being exhausted): See also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (without hope of completion): See also Thesaurus:doomed
• (fashionable): See also Thesaurus:fashionable

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

done

1. past participle of do

2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of do; did.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Be Still... and Know That I Am God: Devotions for Every Day of the Year

     She opened it up to find a quarter and a note scrawled in childish letters that said, "I done it for love."

3. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
   • 2020, Moneybagg Yo, Thug Cry

     I done made some real bad choices with my life

4. (obsolete) plural simple present of do
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender

     The while their Foes done each of hem scorn.

   • 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie

     O you Caelestiall ever-living fires,

     That done inflame our hearts with high desires;

   • 1647, Henry More, The Praeexistency of the Soul

     The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told,

     As done the learned Hebrew Doctours write,

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• 'done

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??n/

Noun

done (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of methadone.

   on the done

Anagrams

• Deno, Deon, Endo, NODE, endo, endo-, node, oden, onde, oned

Basque

Adjective

done (not comparable)

1. holy

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?don?/
• Rhymes: -on?
• Hyphenation: do?ne

Noun

done

1. vocative singular of don

Anagrams

• node, onde

Dogrib

Noun

done

1. person

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French don.

Noun

done

1. (rare) gift, present

Etymology 2

Noun

done

1. Alternative form of dynne

Spanish

Verb

done

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of donar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of donar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of donar.

Venetian

Noun

done

1. plural of dona