Existence

n.	1.	The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. The main object of our existence. - Lubbock.
	2.	Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. - J. S. Mill.
	3.	That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Noun	1.	existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" Synonyms: being, beingness Antonyms: nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing
	2.	existence - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" Synonyms: cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, creation

accessibility, actual presence, actuality, an existence, animal spirits, animate existence, animation, availability, being, being alive, being here, being there, birth, body, continuance, continuation, creature, critter, duration, endurance, ens, entelechy, entity, essence, existent, fact, having life, hereness, immanence, immediacy, immortality, individual, individuality, indwellingness, inherence, life, lifetime, liveliness, living, long life, longevity, monad, object, occurrence, organism, permanence, persistence, person, persona, personality, physical presence, presence, quiddity, reality, something, soul, spiritual presence, spriteliness, thereness, thing, ubiety, unit, viability, vitality, vivacity, whereness

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