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existence
NOUN:

1. the state or fact of existing; being.

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

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

4. all or everything that exists, esp that is living:
Existence shows a universal order.

5. something that exists; entity; being.

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

7. the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence:
the existence of other worlds.

8. the manner of being that is common to every mode of being.

9. being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect.

10. actual or present occurrence:
existence of a state of war.

11. the totality of existent things.

12. a particular being:
all the fair existences of heaven. —John Keats.

13. sentient or living being; life.

14. reality as presented in experience.

obsolete:

reality as opposed to appearance.

Examples:

She began to doubt the existence of God; The existence of UFOs is something that people continue to argue about. —Merriam-Webster.

Origin:

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word ex(s)istentia. See exist, -ence. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of existence: 15th century. —Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

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