existence
n.
living, state of existing, state of being; life
Existence
The study of existence is a branch of
philosophy known as
ontology.Many questions arise concerning existence. Is what we experience and observe all there is to existence? Do abstract ideas, such as virtue, exist? Is existence orderly and knowable or chaotic and unknowable? Does there exist an external
reality that is completely ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, and beliefs?
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existence
Noun
1. the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
(synonym) being, beingness
(antonym) nonexistence, nonentity
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) actuality
(attribute) existent, existing
(derivation) exist, be
2. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
(synonym) universe, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) closed universe
(member-meronym) galaxy, extragalactic nebula
(part-meronym) celestial body, heavenly body
existence (f)
n.
existence, life, being, lifetime
Existence
(n.)
The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.
(n.)
That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
(n.)
Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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