Dictionary
ex•ist•ence
Pronunciation: (ig-zis'tuns), [key]—
n.
1. the state or fact of existing; being.
2. continuance in being or life; life:
a struggle for existence.
3. mode of existing:
They were working for a better existence.
4. all that exists:
Existence shows a universal order.
5. something that exists; entity; being.
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