existence

Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/

The English word “existence” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

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.…

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