existence

[ ig-zis-tuhns ]
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noun
  1. the state or fact of existing; being.

  2. continuance in being or life; life: a struggle for existence.

  1. mode of existing: They were working for a better existence.

  2. all that exists: Existence shows a universal order.

  3. something that exists; entity; being.

Origin of existence

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word ex(s)istentia.See exist, -ence

Other words from existence

  • post·ex·ist·ence, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for existence

existence

/ (ɪɡˈzɪstəns) /


noun
  1. the fact or state of existing; being

  2. the continuance or maintenance of life; living, esp in adverse circumstances: a struggle for existence; she has a wretched existence

  1. something that exists; a being or entity

  2. everything that exists, esp that is living

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