existence
the state or fact of existing
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,307 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,005 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the state or fact of existing also: being, beingness, face of the earth a point of view gradually coming into beinglaws in existence for centuries
- everything that exists anywhere also: universe, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm they study the evolution of the universethe biggest tree in existence
existence in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I made you lead a miserable existence, spend a joyless youth.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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When travelling safely in a railway-carriage, he is the boldest cross-country rider in existence.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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There was a whole hierarchy of respect, outside of which existence was unrestrained and disorderly.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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A single indiscretion, he had declared, might swiftly and suddenly cut the thread of his existence.
The Emperor — Volume 02 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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But alas! even crime has power to reproduce itself and create conditions favorable to its own existence.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1