bestaan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- being noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
- consist verb To be made up of particular parts or elements.
- exist verb To be real; to have actual being.
- existence noun The fact or state of being real or of occurring.
Senses
bestaan is used for these senses in English:
- be (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- being The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- consist (archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
- exist (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
- existence (Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
- there be Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.
being — full definition
- noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
- noun The state of existing; existence itself.
- conjunction Given that; since (used to introduce a reason).