COME INTO BEING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come into being mean? 

• COME INTO BEING (verb)
  The verb COME INTO BEING has 1 sense:

1. be born or come into existence

  Familiarity information: COME INTO BEING used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME INTO BEING (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be born or come into existence

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

come into being; come to life

Context example:

All these flowers come to life when the rains come

Hypernyms (to "come into being" is one way to...):

be born (come into existence through birth)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Astronomers study stellar nurseries such as NGC 7538 to better learn how stars come into being.

(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)