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existence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/ (US)
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/ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/ (US)

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. Displaced native Old English understandennes (literally, "understanden-ness"). Morphologically exist + -ence.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
- In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.
- However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier. 2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:
- Fortunate it is for the tranquillity of the new-born infant, if he have any turn for philosophy, that he understands none of the nonsense consecrated by old usage to the commencement of existence. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 71:
- The ancients said, “A ruler should exist for the existence of the people.” The famous thinker, Mencius noted, “The people are the most valuable, then the country, and the ruler comes last.” 2020 June 29, Wendi, “The Loyal General Yue Fei”, in Minghui:
(countable, uncountable) Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
existences	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (183)

ur وَجُود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · rsk иснованє (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fr existence (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tl eksistensiya (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sh postojanje (state of being, existing, or occurring) · orv бꙑтие (state of being, existing, or occurring) · wuu 存在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · cs existence (state of being, existing, or occurring) · eo ekzistado (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ota وجود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tl pag-iral (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lv pastāvēšana (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ba барлыҡ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · uk буття́ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · be экзістэ́нцыя (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pa ਹੋਂਦ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ckb بوون (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ar كَيْنُونَة (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sl bitje (state of being, existing, or occurring) · grc ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐς (state of being, existing, or occurring) · he קִיּוּם (state of being, existing, or occurring) · de Existenz (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ar وُجُود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sh bitisanje (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tl pamamalagi (state of being, existing, or occurring) · la exsistentia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · gl existencia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · nl voorkomen (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lt egzistencija (state of being, existing, or occurring) · de Sein (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mk постоење (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fi olemassaolo (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ps شتون (state of being, existing, or occurring) · be экзыстэ́нцыя (state of being, existing, or occurring) · de Dasein (state of being, existing, or occurring) · uz borliq (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tr varlık (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ug مەۋجۇتلۇق (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ຊີບ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ຊີວະ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ta இருத்தல் (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fi olevainen (empirical reality) · ja 実在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sh битисање (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sv tillvaro (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ky жашоо (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lv eksistence (state of being, existing, or occurring) · is tilvera (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ru существова́ние (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mt eżistenza (state of being, existing, or occurring) · nb eksistens (state of being, existing, or occurring) · uk екзисте́нція (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sv existens (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hi अस्तित्व (state of being, existing, or occurring) · id keberadaan (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pl istnienie (state of being, existing, or occurring) · be быцьцё (state of being, existing, or occurring) · da tilværelse (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tt яшәү (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sq qenie (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mi tauoranga (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tr vücut (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fa-ira بُوِش (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mn ахуй (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tt вөҗүд (state of being, existing, or occurring) · km អត្ថិភាព (state of being, existing, or occurring) · is tilvist (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mi kaiaotanga (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sv vara (state of being, existing, or occurring) · el ύπαρξη (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ko 존재 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ast esistencia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sa अस्तित्व (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mn ᠠᠮᠢᠳᠤᠷᠠᠯ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pa ਵਜੂਦ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · th การมีอยู่ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · es existencia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · orv бꙑтье (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fax ixistencia (Lagarteiru) (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pt existência (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fa-ira وُجود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tg ҳастӣ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ຊີວາລັຍ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ຊີວິດ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · it esistenza (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pl egzystencja (state of being, existing, or occurring) · te ఉనికి (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hi वजूद (state of being, existing, or occurring) · rsk еґзистенция (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tl kamayhan (state of being, existing, or occurring) · id eksistensi (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sl obstoj (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hi हस्ती (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ur ہَسْتی (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ພະວາພົບ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lv esamība (state of being, existing, or occurring) · bn অস্তিত্ব (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tl kamayrunan (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lt buvimas (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fax existencia (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sh постојање (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hy գոյություն (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mr अस्तित्व (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pl byt (state of being, existing, or occurring) · eo ekzisto (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mhr вуй (state of being, existing, or occurring) · gu અસ્તિત્વ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ro existență (state of being, existing, or occurring) · uk існува́ння (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tr egzistans (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ps وجود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · kn ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ps هستي (state of being, existing, or occurring) · kmr wicûd (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mn амьдрал (state of being, existing, or occurring) · cs bytí (state of being, existing, or occurring) · id adanya (state of being, existing, or occurring) · bn ওজুদ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tk barlyk (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ພາວະ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · vi tồn tại (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lo ຊີວັງ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · nl bestaan (state of being, existing, or occurring) · yi עקסיסטענץ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · nan-hbl 存在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ga an saol (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ota وارلق (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ko 실재 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sh егзистенција (state of being, existing, or occurring) · bg битие́ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tt барлык (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hak 存在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ko 실존 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ru экзисте́нция (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hi भाव (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ru бытие́ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tg бувиш (state of being, existing, or occurring) · lt egzistavimas (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sh egzistencija (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ca existència (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mn ᠣᠷᠣᠰᠢᠬᠤᠢ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · yue 存在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · or ଅସ୍ତିତ୍ବ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ka არსებობა (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ja 実存 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mk битие (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sk existencia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · bg съществу́ване (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ang wist (state of being, existing, or occurring) · cu бꙑтиѥ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · be існава́нне (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tl pamamarati (state of being, existing, or occurring) · kk тіршілік (state of being, existing, or occurring) · as অস্তিত্ব (state of being, existing, or occurring) · be быццё (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ia existentia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · cmn 存在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ja 存在 (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sk bytie (state of being, existing, or occurring) · be існава́ньне (state of being, existing, or occurring) · uz mavjudlik (state of being, existing, or occurring) · ml അസ്തിതം (state of being, existing, or occurring) · th การมีตัวตน (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hu létezés (state of being, existing, or occurring) · kmr hebûn (state of being, existing, or occurring) · nb tilværelse (state of being, existing, or occurring) · fa-ira هَسْتی (state of being, existing, or occurring) · arz وجود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · hu lét (state of being, existing, or occurring) · my ဇာတ် (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tr varoluş (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mn оршихуй (state of being, existing, or occurring) · da eksistens (state of being, existing, or occurring) · sq ekzistencë (state of being, existing, or occurring) · mn ᠠᠬᠤᠢ (state of being, existing, or occurring) · nrf beays (state of being, existing, or occurring) · oc existéncia (state of being, existing, or occurring) · az mövcudluq (state of being, existing, or occurring) · tg вуҷуд (state of being, existing, or occurring) · pa وَجُود (state of being, existing, or occurring) · kk болмыс (state of being, existing, or occurring) · et olemasolu (state of being, existing, or occurring) · az varlıq (state of being, existing, or occurring)

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