EXISTENCE

universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm

(noun) everything that exists anywhere; “they study the evolution of the universe”; “the biggest tree in existence”

being, beingness, existence, face of the earth

(noun) the state or fact of existing; “a point of view gradually coming into being”; “laws in existence for centuries”; “he appeared on the face of the earth one day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)

The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

Synonym: presence

Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Synonyms

• (state of being): See also existence

Antonyms

• (state of being): nonexistence, nothingness; See also inexistence

Anagrams

• ectexines

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*ist"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. existence.]

1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. The main object of our existence. Lubbock.

2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.

3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition