EXISTENCE

noun Date: 14th century 1. reality as opposed to appearance, reality as presented in experience, c. the totality of existent things, a particular being , sentient or living being ; life , 2. the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with non~ , the manner of being that is common to every mode of being, being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect, actual or present occurrence