The fact or state of continued being; life: our brief existence on Earth.
All that exists: sang the beauty of all existence.
A thing that exists; an entity.
A mode or manner of existing: scratched out a meager existence.
Specific presence; occurrence: The Geiger counter indicated the existence of radioactivity.
synonyms:
existence, actuality, being These nouns denote the fact or state of existing: laws in existence for centuries; an idea progressing from possibility to actuality; a point of view gradually coming into being. Antonym: nonexistence
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition