ser — meaning in English

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."
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
• sire noun The male parent of an animal, especially in breeding contexts.

Senses

ser is used for these senses in English:

• be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
• be Used to link a subject to a measurement.
• 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 To occupy a place.
• be (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
• being A living creature.
• 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).
• need (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

being — full definition

1. noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
2. noun The state of existing; existence itself.
3. conjunction Given that; since (used to introduce a reason).

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