existence

B1 Topic:Philosophy & Reasoning

US /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/ See IPA manual

Freq #3381

Meanings

1

noun
The fact or state of being real or present.

Scientists searched for proof of the planet's existence.
2

noun
A particular way of living, especially a difficult one.

They led a quiet existence in a small mountain village.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the fact or state of being... being presence

More beinghoodbeingnessdaseinherenesssubsistence

Opposites

inexistence nonexistence nothingness

Word family

Forms existences

Derived forms co-existence coexistenceexistencelessinexistence non-existence nonexistencepostexistencepreexistenceself-existenceunexistence

Related forms aseityentity existexistential

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Etymology

From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz. Morphologically exist + -ence.

existence Middle English existentia la-lat *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European

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# existence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/
**Frequency rank:** 3381

## Meanings
1. The fact or state of being real or present.
2. A particular way of living, especially a difficult one.

## Examples
- Scientists searched for proof of the planet's existence.
- They led a quiet existence in a small mountain village.

## Synonyms
- being
- beinghood
- beingness
- dasein
- hereness
- subsistence

## Antonyms
- inexistence
- nonexistence
- nothingness

## Derived Forms
- co-existence
- coexistence
- existenceless
- inexistence
- non-existence
- nonexistence
- postexistence
- preexistence
- self-existence
- unexistence

## Related Forms
- aseity
- entity
- exist
- existential

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: existence
- Root: existentia
- Root: *stísteh₂ti

## Etymology
From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz. Morphologically exist + -ence.

## AI Etymology
Existence comes from Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz. Morphologically exist + -ence.

## Topics
- Philosophy & Reasoning
- Abstract Ideas

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