Existence

Noun

 * 1) The state of being, existing, or occurring.
 * Most people doubt the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
 * 1) empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968

Antonyms

 * nothingness

Derived terms

 * nonexistence

Related terms

 * exist
 * aseity
 * existential

Adjectives for Existence
smooth; carefree; graceful; refined; individual; primitive; savage; reasoned; ordered; social; bodily; irregular; well-regulated; illusive; animal; dreamlike; feeble; gross; amiable; theoretical; political; obscure; intrinsic; objective; miserable; universal; thoughtless;  meager;   spiritual; waking; eternal; harmonious; future; contained; independent; imperious; dominating; substantial; fractional; careless; contemplative; complicated; sad; precarious; imaginary; distracted;  poetical; whole; peaceful; horrible; tangible; exalted; desolate; schizophrenic; divided; wretched; spectral; general; common; artistic; warped; torpid; lifeless; unostentatious; destructive; ephemeral; secluded; charmed; congenial; tormented; dissipated; petty; restless; humdrum; semi-monastic; infantile; determined; untarnished; secular; actual; intrauterine; mere; restrained; narrow; genuine; inevitable; stormy; moribund; inscrutable; superficial; dubious; perennial; rude;  adolescent;   unreal;   unending; wasted;  self-fixed;   country;   tranquil; bright; virtuous; pampered; unsympathiz-ing; vulgar; drab; long-forgotten; material; beneficent; treacherous; triumphant; undisciplined; tropical; pleasurable; honorable; romantic; unnecessary; indolent; diversified; untroubled; separate; beauteous.

Verbs for Existence
admit—of; animate—; annihilate—; contemplate—; dedicate—to; demonstrate—of; deny—of; determine—; disbelieve—; dispute—; drag out—; eke out—; grant—; guide—; heighten—; ignore—; imperil—; invigorate—; justify—; loathe—; obliterate—; pop into—; preserve—; recognize—; rule—; shape—; shatter—; struggle for—; suspect—of; sustain—; threaten—; uproot —; verify—; —bores; —continues; — wearies.

Thesaurus
accessibility, actual presence, actuality, an existence, animal spirits, animate existence, animation, availability, being, being alive, being here, being there, birth, body, continuance, continuation, creature, critter, duration, endurance, ens, entelechy, entity, essence, existent, fact, having life, hereness, immanence, immediacy, immortality, individual, individuality, indwellingness, inherence, life, lifetime, liveliness, living, long life, longevity, monad, object, occurrence, organism, permanence, persistence, person, persona, personality, physical presence, presence, quiddity, reality, something, soul, spiritual presence, spriteliness, thereness, thing, ubiety, unit, viability, vitality, vivacity, whereness

Etymology
From existence, from  existentia:.

Translations

 * Arabic: كيان, دوم
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: eksistens
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, ekzisto
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קיום
 * Hindi: astitva, sthiti , अस्तित्व
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: eksistensi, adanya, keberadaan
 * Interlingua: existentia
 * Interlingua: existentia


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: eksistence, pastāvēšana, esamība
 * Lithuanian: egzistavimas, syn: buvimas, egzistencija
 * Norwegian: eksistens, tilværelse
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: bitisanje, postojanje
 * Slovene: obstoj
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ชีพ
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: sự tồn tại

Noun

 * 1) existence

Related terms

 * existencialismus
 * existenční
 * existovat

Etymology
From existence, from  existentia:.

Noun

 * 1) existence
 * 2) life

Synonyms

 * vie

Derived terms

 * existentiel