▪ a way of living: "living in a city was more expensive than a rural existence"Similarway 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 Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’.