Asa vs Being - What's the difference?
asa | being |
Acoustical Society of America
American Standards Association, which has changed its name to American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
American Society for Anesthesiology.
All Sciences Association.
Amateur Swimming Association.
(organic compound, medicine) acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
(military) Air Sovereignty Alert. Refers to fighter jet units that provide aerial defense of the nation via high-readiness aircraft.
(UK) Advertising Standards Authority.
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
As an adjective asa
is .As a verb being is
.As a noun being is
a living creature.As a conjunction being is
(obsolete) given that; since.asa
English
(wikipedia ASA)Initialism
(Initialism) (head)Derived terms
* ASA characterAnagrams
* English palindromesbeing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].