existence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).
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Noun[edit]
existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)
- The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, The Celebrity:
- However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
- 2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:
- The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
- Most people doubt the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, The Celebrity:
- Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)
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Translations[edit]
the state of being, existing, or occurring
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Czech[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
existence f
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃s/
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Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
- Homophone: existences
- Hyphenation: eg‧zis‧tence
Noun[edit]
existence f (plural existences)
Synonyms[edit]
- (life): vie
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms with audio links
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Czech terms with audio links
- Czech nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms with audio links
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
