existence
Plural: existences
Noun
- the state or fact of existing
- "laws in existence for centuries"
- everything that exists anywhere
- "the biggest tree in existence"
- The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
- Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)
Examples
- In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz.
Morphologically exist + -ence.
Synonyms
being, beingness, cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world, beinghood, dasein, existence, hereness, presence, subsistence
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
existence: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexistence: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
existence: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary