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being a one

being a one is the present participle and gerund of be a one.

Meaning of be a one

Verb

be a one (third-person singular simple present is a one, present participle being a one, simple past was a one, past participle been a one)

  1. (UK, dated, informal) To be amusing in a slightly challenging way.

Questions about being a one

What is being a one the present participle and gerund of?
Being a one is the present participle and gerund of be a one.

Words near being a one in the dictionary

  1. Beinan
  2. Beinart
  3. beined
  4. being
  5. being a man
  6. being a one
  7. being a thing
  8. being able to
  9. being aces with
  10. being ages with
  11. being all about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: being a one (page history and authors); be a one (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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