present participle of be

A living creature. / The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. / (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).

Given that; since.

plural of being

(informal) since or because.

present participle of there be

present participle of be there

(informal, possibly nonstandard) Considering the fact that; since; given that.

(now chiefly dialectal) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be / (dialectal, nonstandard) Present tense inflected form of be: am or are.

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.