be
/bi/ auxiliary verb (present tense am /æm/ , are /ɑr/ or is /ɪz/, present participle being /ˈbi·ɪŋ/, past tense was /wʌz/ or were /wɜr/, past participle been /bɪn/) (CONTINUE)Definition
› used with the present participle of other verbs to describe actions that are or were continuing: You are being very selfish. She was studying to be a lawyer. It is raining. I’ll be coming back (= I plan to come back).
(Definition of be auxiliary verb (CONTINUE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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