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   ex·ist·ence

   /iɡˈzist(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. the fact or state of living or having objective reality: "the plane was the oldest Boeing remaining in existence"
   • ▪ continued survival: "she helped to keep the company alive when its very existence was threatened" Similar actualitybeingexistingrealityfactsurvivalcontinuancecontinuationsubsistencelivingquiddityesseOpposite nonexistence
   • ▪ a way of living: "living in a city was more expensive than a rural existence" Similar way of lifeway of livingmanner of livinglifelifestylecircumstancessituation
   • ▪ any of a person's supposed current, future, or past lives on this earth: "reaping the consequences of evil deeds sown in previous existences"
   • ▪ all that exists: "he believed in the essential unity of all existence"
   • ▪ a being or entity.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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