1. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) (copulative, intransitive)

2. to be present (intransitive)

3. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) (copulative, intransitive)

4. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) (auxiliary)

5. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) (intransitive, auxiliary)

6. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) (reflexive, followed by adjective)

7. to be (still) (intransitive)

8. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) (intransitive)