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Definition of Existence
1. Noun. The state or fact of existing. "Laws in existence for centuries"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Actuality, Eternity, Timeless Existence, Timelessness, Preexistence, Coexistence, Subsistence, Presence, Life, Aliveness, Animation, Life, Living, Life, Transcendence, Transcendency, Possibility, Possibleness
Attributes: Existent, Existing, Nonexistent
Derivative terms: Be, Exist, Existent, Existent, Existent, Existential
Antonyms: Nonbeing, Nonexistence
2. Noun. Everything that exists anywhere. "The biggest tree in existence"
Generic synonyms: Natural Object
Member holonyms: Extragalactic Nebula, Galaxy
Terms within: Celestial Body, Heavenly Body, Estraterrestrial Body, Extraterrestrial Object
Specialized synonyms: Closed Universe, Natural Order, Nature
Derivative terms: Cosmic, Cosmic, Macrocosmic, Universal
Definition of Existence
1. 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.
Definition of Existence
1. Noun. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. ¹
2. Noun. empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Existence
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Existence
1. 1. 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. "The main object of our existence." (Lubbock) 2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. "The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it." (J. S. Mill) 3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences. Origin: Cf. F. Existence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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