单词 | existence |
释义 | existence (once / 75 pages) n Existence is the state of being alive or being real. For example, you and your best friend disagree about the existence of Bigfoot if you think it's real and your friend doesn't. The noun existence can be used many different ways, but it always has to do with being alive or with simply "being". You can talk about the survival of something as its existence, like your yo-yo club having lost so many members that its existence is in danger. The particular way you live is another meaning of existence; if you live a quiet, lonely life in the country, you could describe it as a solitary existence. WORD FAMILYexistence: existences, existential+/coexist: coexisted, coexistent, coexisting, coexists/coexistence: coexistences/coexistent: coexistence, coexistently/exist: coexist, existed, existent, existing, exists, preexist/existent: existence, existently, nonexistent, pre-existent/existential: existentialism, existentially/existentialism: existentialist/existentialist: existentialists/existing: pre-existing/nonexistence: nonexistences/nonexistent: nonexistence/preexist: preexisted, preexistence, preexistent, preexisting, preexists/preexistence: preexistences USAGE EXAMPLESDahlin’s first project was a report denouncing the existence of an illegal nationwide network of secret detention facilities called “black jails”. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It was suddenly back in existence, but what should I do? BBC(Dec 31, 2016) Perhaps keeping our profile in existence is providing a much-needed outlet for others? The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1n the state or fact of existing laws in existence for centuries Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper being, beingness nonbeing the state of not being nonentity, nonexistencethe state of not existing actuality the state of actually existing objectively eternity, timeless existence, timelessnessa state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife preexistenceexisting in a former state or previous to something else coexistenceexisting peacefully together subsistencethe state of existing in reality; having substance presencethe state of being present; current existence lifethe course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living aliveness, animation, life, livingthe condition of living or the state of being alive lifea characteristic state or mode of living transcendence, transcendencya state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience possibility, possiblenesscapability of existing or happening or being true entelechy(Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality genuinenessthe state of being genuine realism, reality, realnessthe state of being actual or real realitythe state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be the true, trueness, truth, verityconformity to reality or actuality eternal life, life eternallife without beginning or end immanence, immanencythe state of being within or not going beyond a given domain inherence, inherencythe state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic ubietythe state of existing and being localized in space omnipresence, ubiquitousness, ubiquitythe state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) herenessthe state of being here in this place therenessthe state of being there--not here--in position therenessreal existence occurrencean instance of something occurring shadowa dominating and pervasive presence skina person's skin regarded as their life endurance, survivala state of surviving; remaining alive ghettoany segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping conceivability, conceivablenessthe state of being conceivable achievability, attainability, attainablenessthe state of being achievable potency, potential, potentialitythe inherent capacity for coming into being chance, opportunitya possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n everything that exists anywhere the biggest tree in existence Syn|Hypo|Hyper cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world closed universe (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter natural orderthe physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws naturethe natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. natural object an object occurring naturally; not made by man |
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