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1 PHRASE If you say that something such as beauty or art is in the eye of the beholder , you mean that it is a matter of personal opinion. □  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

2 N‑COUNT The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

be|hove /b I hoʊ v/ (behoves , behoved ) in AM, use behoove VERB If it behoves you to do something, it is right, necessary, or useful for you to do it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n to-inf] It behoves us to think of these dangers.

beige /be I ʒ/ COLOUR Something that is beige is pale brown in colour. □  …a pair of beige shorts. □  …muted shades of white and beige.

be|ing ◆◇◇ /biː I ŋ/ (beings )

1Being is the present participle of be .

2 V‑LINK Being is used in non-finite clauses where you are giving the reason for something. □ [V n] It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off. □ [V adj] Of course, being young, I did not worry. [Also V prep]

3 N‑COUNT You can refer to any real or imaginary creature as a being . □  …beings from outer space.

4 → see also human being

5 N‑UNCOUNT Being is existence. Something that is in being or comes into being exists or starts to exist. □  Abraham Maslow described psychology as 'the science of being.' □  The Kingdom of Italy formally came into being on 17 March 1861.

6 PHRASE You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL , SPOKEN ] □  I used to go everywhere with my mother being as I was the youngest.

7 → see also well-being

8other things being equal → see equal

9for the time being → see time

be|jew|elled /b I dʒuː ^ə ld/ in AM, use bejeweled ADJ [usu ADJ n] A bejewelled person or object is wearing a lot of jewellery or is decorated with jewels. □  …bejewelled women. □  …a bejewelled golden tiara.

be|la|bour /b I le I bə ^r / (belabours , belabouring , belaboured ) in AM, use belabor 1 VERB If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

2 VERB If you say that someone belabours the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way. □ [V n] I won't belabour the point, for this is a familiar story.

be|lat|ed /b I le I t I d/ ADJ A belated action happens later than it should have done. [FORMAL ] □  …the government's belated attempts to alleviate the plight of the poor. □  …a belated birthday present. ●  be|lat|ed|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  The leaders realized belatedly that the coup would be disastrous for everyone.

belch /be ltʃ/ (belches , belching , belched )

1 VERB If someone belches , they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach. □ [V ] Garland covered his mouth with his hand and belched discreetly. ● N‑COUNT Belch is also a noun. □  He drank and stifled a belch.

2 VERB If a machine or chimney belches something such as smoke or fire or if smoke or fire belches from it, large amounts of smoke or fire come from it. □ [V n] Tired old trucks were struggling up the road below us, belching black smoke. □ [V + from/out of ] Suddenly, clouds of steam started to belch from the engine. ● PHRASAL VERB Belch out means the same as belch . □ [V P n] The power-generation plant belched out five tonnes of ash an hour. □ [V P ] …the vast quantities of smoke belching out from the volcano.

▸  belch out → see belch 2

be|lea|guered /b I liː gə ^r d/