EXISTENCE


Meaning of EXISTENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ig-ˈzis-tən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1.

a. obsolete : 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 existence s of heaven — John Keats

d. : sentient or living being : life

2.

a. : the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence

the existence of other worlds

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. : actual or present occurrence

existence of a state of war

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.