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/ɛgzˈɪstəns/ /ɪgzˈɪstəns/ Listen

noun

Existence 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. "The main object of our existence."

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."

That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

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Etymology of 'Existence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Existence" Quotes from Famous Books

... be singular or plural; as, "Neither the servants nor the master is respected;"—"Neither the master nor the servants are respected."—Alexander Murray's Gram., p. 65. "But if neither the writings nor the author is in existence, the Imperfect should ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

... suddenly that I started, having clean forgotten his existence. "Ha!" said he. "You're quite sure as you don't love ...

— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol

... over disaster. Soon after he had been transferred to Ainsley the Town Clerkship fell vacant. He did what he could for Chillingwood, with the result that the younger man eventually secured the post, and thus found himself enjoying a bare existence on an income of $500 ...

— The Hound From The North • Ridgwell Cullum

... masterpiece of foreign setting, "A Lodging for The Night," is further proof of Stevenson's ability to use other than Scotch motives for the materials of his art. "Ebb-Tide," again, grim as it is, must always be singled out as a marvel of tone and proportion, yet seems born out of an existence utterly removed as to conditions and incentives from the land of his birth. But when, in his ...

— Masters of the English Novel - A Study Of Principles And Personalities • Richard Burton

... no. He is the only one in existence, since his second wife died long, long ago. He is the last of the Giant Shellfish. He belongs to past ages when the whales were land-animals and all that. They say he is over seventy thousand ...

— The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle • Hugh Lofting

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