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coming into being

coming into being is the present participle and gerund of come into being.

Meaning of come into being

Verb

come into being (third-person singular simple present comes into being, present participle coming into being, simple past came into being, past participle come into being)

  1. (idiomatic) To form; to start to exist.
    • Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.

Questions about coming into being

What is coming into being the present participle and gerund of?
Coming into being is the present participle and gerund of come into being.

Words near coming into being in the dictionary

  1. coming in from the cold
  2. coming in handy
  3. coming in hot
  4. coming in useful
  5. coming into
  6. coming into being
  7. coming into force
  8. coming into one's own
  9. coming into play
  10. coming into the world
  11. coming it strong

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