to-be
Not yet actual
To-be is a combining form attached to nouns indicating future status: mother-to-be, bride-to-be, husband-to-be.
It describes someone who will soon occupy a role but hasn't yet: The parents-to-be are decorating the nursery.
The construction emphasizes anticipation and transition—the person exists, but their new identity is still approaching.
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- DaseinHuman existence as lived
presence · absence · nothingness · becoming · temporality · authenticity · Heidegger · Sartre
Being real now
- livingCurrently having breath
- aliveHaving current existence
- presentGift or current moment
- realTruly existing, not fake
actual · occurring · happening · subsisting · persisting · continuing · remaining · enduring
Central essential portion
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- substancePhysical material with mass
- fundamentalForming the base
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
innate · essential · basic · underlying · elemental · quintessence · heart · crux
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
Dasein · presence · absence · nothingness · becoming · temporality · authenticity · Heidegger · Sartre · substance
existing
Being real now
real · actual · occurring · happening · subsisting · persisting · continuing · remaining · enduring · lasting
core
Central essential portion
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- substancePhysical material with mass
- fundamentalForming the base
intrinsic · innate · essential · basic · underlying · elemental · quintessence · heart · crux · kernel
self
One's own being
- oneselfOne's own person
- itselfReflexive neuter pronoun
- themselvesReflexive third-person plural
himself · herself · myself · yourself · who · what · somebody · someone · something · nobody
condition
State or stipulation
- statusOne's relative position
- situationState of affairs
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
position · mode · form · phase · stage · manner · way · standing · footing · place