être — 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."
- buffalo verb To intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.
- creature noun A living being, especially an animal.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- marvel noun Something that causes wonder or amazement.
- outwit verb To beat someone by being cleverer than them.
Senses
être is used for these senses in English:
- be (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
- be (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- being A living creature.
- being The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- buffalo (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
- creature A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- get (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
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).