existencenoun
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/B2 [ U ] the fact of something or someone existing:
Many people question the existence of God.
Modern cosmology believes the universe to have come into existence about 15 billion years ago.
The theatre company that they started is still in existence today.
C1 [ C usually singular ] a particular way of life:
She has a miserable existence living with him.
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- What a miserable existence! How could anyone live in such dreadful conditions.
- The government won't even acknowledge the existence of the problem.
- Television has become part of our everyday existence.
- The new world order was expected to come into existence after the collapse of Communism in eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War.
- These academics lead such a cloistered existence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Existing and being
- account for sth
- alive
- am
- are
- be
- come
- extant
- go
- go back
- have legs idiom
- hood
- languish
- leg
- lie
- lie in sth
- live
- lurk
- obtain
- run
- stalk
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