[ex.is.tence] n (14c) 1 a obs: reality as opposed to appearance b: reality as presented in experience c (1): the totality of existent things (2): a particular being "all the fair ~s of heaven --John Keats" d: sentient or living being: life
2. a: the state or fact of having being esp. independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence b: the manner of being that is common to every mode of being c: being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect
3: continued or repeated manifestation