existence

Definition

  • noun: the state of existing
  • noun: reality as opposed to appearance
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: being, creature, entity

Examples

  • We shouldn't deny the 'existence' of these problems. [=we shouldn't deny that these problems are present or real]

  • long before the country had 'come into existence' [=begun to exist; come to have actual being]

  • I owe my very 'existence' [='life'] to their courage. [=I am alive because of their courage]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,l know what it means! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,''The only Stone currently in existence\Nbelongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...the noted alchemist who last year\Ncelebrated his th birthday.'' (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone