existence
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
existence
/ɪgˈzɪstəns/
noun
plural
existences
existence
/ɪgˈzɪstəns/
noun
plural
existences
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXISTENCE
1
[noncount]
:
the state of existing: such as
a
:
the fact of having actual being
:
the state of being real
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the existence of ghosts
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She began to doubt the existence of God.
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the largest animal/building in existence [=the largest animal/building that exists]
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We shouldn't deny the existence of these problems. [=we shouldn't deny that these problems are present or real]
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long before the country had come into existence [=begun to exist; come to have actual being]
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The company has since gone out of existence. [=it no longer exists]
b
:
the state of continuing to be or to live
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The organization is engaged in a struggle for (its) existence.
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I owe my very existence [=life] to their courage. [=I am alive because of their courage]
2
[count]
:
a particular way of living
— usually singular
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They enjoyed a comfortable existence.
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They pursued their meager existence in a poor rural area.
