Sein — 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."
- cook noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
- existence noun The fact or state of being real or of occurring.
- go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- his determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
- its det Belonging to it.
- ones noun A team's first-choice or senior squad, as opposed to reserves.
Senses
Sein is used for these senses in English:
- be (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- be To occupy a place.
- be (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- be To occur, to take place.
- being The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- bounce off the walls (idiomatic) To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.
- cook (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
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).