- the fact or state of existing; being
- the continuance or maintenance of life; living, esp in adverse circumstances
- something that exists; a being or entity
- everything that exists, esp that is living
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ex•ist•ence /ɪgˈzɪstəns/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the state or fact of existing;
being:[uncountable]To prove his own existence, Descartes once said, "I think; therefore I am.'' - [uncountable] continuance in being or life;
life: It was a constant struggle for existence. - [countable* usually singular] mode or way of existing: They were working for a better existence.
- [uncountable] all that exists: Existence shows a universal order.
ex•ist•ence
(ig zis′təns),USA pronunciation n.
- the state or fact of existing;
being. - continuance in being or life;
life:a struggle for existence. - mode of existing:They were working for a better existence.
- all that exists:Existence shows a universal order.
- something that exists;
entity;
being.
- Late Latin ex(s)istentia. See exist, -ence
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/ n
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'existence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
about
- acknowledge
- actuality
- Adams
- affirmation
- age
- alive
- allotropy
- ambivalence
- asymptomatic
- away
- behaviourism
- being
- believe
- biodiversity
- birth
- blow up
- call forth
- Cartesian
- concomitance
- condition
- conjugation
- consist
- create
- creation
- deism
- dematerialize
- demonism
- demonstrate
- detect
- develop
- dog
- doubt
- eke out
- end
- ens
- entity
- essentialism
- eternity
- Evans
- existent
- existential
- extant
- finite
- form
- formation
- germinate
- golden age
- groove
- absolute
