Meanings
present singular third person comes into being · participle present coming into being · past came into being
- idiomaticTo form; to start to exist.
Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.
Synonyms: appear, form, materialize, take shape, appear, arise, be born, become
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo form; to start to exist.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 形成, 產生 /产生
- 形成 (xíngchéng)start to exist
- 產生 /产生 (chǎnshēng)start to exist
- 誕生 /诞生 (dànshēng)start to exist
- 面世 (miànshì)start to exist
Czech nastat, vzniknout
- nastatstart to exist
- vzniknoutstart to exist
- nastávatstart to exist
- vznikatstart to exist
- povstatstart to exist
- vzejítstart to exist
- zrodit sestart to exist
Dutch ontstaan
- ontstaanstart to exist
Finnish saada alkunsa, syntyä
- saada alkunsastart to exist
- syntyästart to exist
French apparaître
- apparaîtrestart to exist
German entstehen
- entstehenstart to exist
Hungarian létrejön, megszületik
- létrejönstart to exist
- megszületikstart to exist
- születikstart to exist
- keletkezikstart to exist
- kialakulstart to exist
Polish zaistnieć, powstawać
- zaistniećstart to exist
- powstawaćstart to exist
- powstaćstart to exist
Portuguese surgir
- surgirstart to exist
Russian возника́ть, возни́кнуть
- возника́ть (voznikátʹ)start to exist
- возни́кнуть (vozníknutʹ)start to exist
Swedish bli till, uppstå
- bli tillstart to exist
- uppståstart to exist
Welsh dod i fod, deor
- dod i fodstart to exist
- deorstart to exist
Cite this entry
come into being. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20into%20being
“come into being.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20into%20being. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come into being,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20into%20being.
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