come into being

Start to exist

To come into being is to begin to exist, to emerge from nonexistence into reality.

The phrase emphasizes the moment of origin or creation: The universe came into being with the Big Bang, New regulations came into being after the scandal.

It suits abstract or gradual formations—ideas, institutions, conditions—more than physical objects you might simply say were made or born.

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materialize · create · be born · spring to life · form · nascence · crystallize · take shape · dawn upon · genesis · burst forth · develop · spring up · rise up · generate · inception · start · birth

Opposites
existence transition

come into beingcease to exist

Terminate one's being

cease to be · perish · die · vanish · disappear

creative process

come into beingdisintegrate

Break into fragments

decompose · dissolve · fall apart · crumble

temporal continuity

come into beingendure

Suffer through without yielding

persist · continue · remain · last · abide

Family

come, being, become, coming, overcome, becoming, became, becomes, comes

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G