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there having been

there having been is the past participle of there be.

Meaning of there be

Verb

there be (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

  1. Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.
    • Let there be light.
    Synonyms:
    there exist

Questions about there having been

What is there having been the past participle of?
There having been is the past participle of there be.

Words near there having been in the dictionary

  1. there goes the neighborhood
  2. there goes the neighbourhood
  3. there had been
  4. there has been
  5. there have been
  6. there having been
  7. there is
  8. there is a lid for every pot
  9. there is a new sheriff in town
  10. there is a place and time for everything
  11. there is a time and a place for everything

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Adapted from Wiktionary: there having been (page history and authors); there be (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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