EXISTENCE


Meaning of EXISTENCE in English

■ noun

1》 the fact or state of existing.

↘a way of living.

↘(in certain beliefs) any of a person's successive earthly lives.

2》 archaic a being or entity.

Origin

ME: from OFr., or from late L. existentia , from L. exsistere 'come into being'.

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