As verbs the difference between being and done
is that
being is present participle of lang=en while
done is past participle of lang=en.
As a noun being
is a living creature.
As a conjunction being
is given that; since.
As an adjective done is
ready, fully cooked.
being English
Verb
(head)
Noun
( en noun)
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
(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.
- (Wright)
* Steele
- 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 being
Conjunction
( English Conjunctions)
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].
Derived terms
* being that
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See also
* am
* are
* is
* art
* be
* been
* beest
* was
* wast
* were
* wert
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done English
Adjective
( en adjective)
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."
- They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
Being exhausted or fully spent.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
- He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
- I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !
- What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
Derived terms
* be done for
* be done with it
* done deal
* get done for
* overdone
* well done
Verb
( head)
- I have ''done'' my work.
(African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
- I done did my best to raise y'all.
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