existence

ex·is·tence  (g-zstns)

n.

1. The fact or state of existing; being.

2. The fact or state of continued being; life: our brief existence on Earth.

3.

a. All that exists: sang the beauty of all existence.

b. A thing that exists; an entity.

4. A mode or manner of existing: scratched out a meager existence.

5. Specific presence; occurrence: The Geiger counter indicated the existence of radioactivity.

Synonyms: existence, actuality, being
These nouns denote the fact or state of existing: laws in existence for centuries; an idea progressing from possibility to actuality; a point of view gradually coming into being.

Antonym: nonexistence

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existence

Noun

1. the fact or state of being real, live, or actual

2. a way of life, esp. a poor or hungry one

3. everything that exists

existent adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" being, beingness state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" timeless existence, timelessness, eternity - a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife preexistence - existing in a former state or previous to something else coexistence - existing peacefully together subsistence - the state of existing in reality; having substance presence - the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon" life - the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" aliveness, animation, living, life - the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" life - a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" transcendence, transcendency - a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience possibleness, possibility - capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing
	2.	existence - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, creation natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky closed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere natural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"

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existence

noun 1. reality, being, life, survival, duration, endurance, continuation, subsistence, actuality, continuance

2. life, situation, way of life, life style

noun 3. creation, life, the world, reality, the human condition, this mortal coil

Translations

existence [ɪgˈzɪstəns] n → existencia

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existence [ɪgˈzɪstəns] exist n → existence f;

to be in existence → exister

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existence [ɪgˈzɪstəns] exist n → Existenz f;

to be in existence exist → existieren

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existence [ɪgˈzɪstəns] n → esistenza;

to be in existence → esistere