Existence

Definitions: Existence

Existence

Noun

1. The state or fact of existing: "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries".

2. Everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence".

Date "existence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Etymology: Existence \Ex*ist"ence\, noun. [Compare to the French expression existence.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Existence

Domain	Definitions
Satire	EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream, Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem: From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!". Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Existence

Synonyms: being (n), beingness (n), cosmos (n), creation (n), macrocosm (n), universe (n), world (n). (additional references)

Antonyms: nonbeing (n), nonexistence (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Existence

English words defined with "existence": timeless existence. (references)

Etymologies containing "existence": Existency. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Existence" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (being, existence, individual, subsistence), French (being, existence, life, life time).

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Modern Usage: Existence

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It raises all sorts of philosophical questions about the nature of self, about the existence of the soul. (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Life in the wide world goes on much as it has these past age, full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of hobbits for which I am very thankful. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) --together with all plans in existence for building another! (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley) I'm the key figure in an ongoing government charade, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. (The X Files; writing credit: Chris Carter; Frank Spotnitz) Before we begin this trial, I want to make one thing very clear: the law does not recognize the existence of ghosts, and I don't believe in them either. (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)
Lyrics	Your existence makes me wild (Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche); performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, C. Ogalde) We could blow this existence (Let's Go!; performing artist: Wang Chung)
Movie/TV Titles	La Double existence de Lord Samsey (1924) Her Battle for Existence (1910) The Edge of Existence (1993) L' Existence d'Hortense (1985)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Existence

Domain	Title
Books	A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence (reference) Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence (reference) The Place We Call Home: Exploring the Soul's Existence after Death (reference) Touch the Earth: A Self Portrait of Indian Existence (reference) Unified Reality Theory: The Evolution of Existence into Experience (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	What is the Evidence for/Against God the Existence of God (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Non-Linear Catastrophic Existence Failure (reference) Means of Existence (reference) Mundane Existence (reference) Pass Out of Existence (reference) The Bliss Album? Vibrations Of Love And Anger And The Ponderance Of Life And Existence (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Existence

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Hubble telescope has provided strong evidence for the existence of a roughly Jupiter-sized ...Credit: NASA.		Signal pole on Dinkum Sands - east side of Prudhoe Bay The existence of these sands has been the subject of litigation.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve An American bittern - Peromyscus leucopus. This secretive bird is relatively rare and requires healthy wetlands for its continued existence.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).		Diagram of interferometer and four mirrors mounted on stone floating in mercury, which disproved existence of luminiferous ether and its role in the transmission of eletromagnetic waves; with surrounding text.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Packing sheds of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative, forty years in existence. Loomis, Placer County, California.Credit: Library of Congress.		Movie theater on main street of Central City, California, Shasta County, which owes its existence to the construction work on Shasta Dam.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Falco, Florida. Only the charred foundations remain of the Falco lumber company mill, fifteen miles from Escambia Farms. Once the largest lumber company in northern Florida, it passsed out of existence in 1923 because of the depleted timber due to unplann.Credit: Library of Congress.		La guerre est l'industrie nationale de la Prusse . . . 'Attaqués, nous ne faisons que nous défendre au nom de la liberté et pour sauver notre existence.' Général Pétain, juin 1917.Credit: Library of Congress.
	La guerre est l'industrie nationale de la Prusse . . . 'Attaqués, nous ne faisons que nous défendre au nom de la liberté et pour sauver notre existence.' Général Pétain, juin 1917.Credit: Library of Congress.		The ultimate force for change in our society will be the workers, organized to vote capitalism out of existence ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Existence

Author	Quotation
Arthur Schopenhauer	Apart from man, no being wonders at its own existence.
Baltasar Gracian	Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
Christian Nevell Bovee	Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.
Friedrich Nietzsche	Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	A distracted existence leads us to no goal.
	Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
Lucan	More was lost than mere life and existence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Sydney Smith	To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Existence

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	Society can no longer live under this bourgeoisie, in other words, its existence is no longer compatible with society. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Any party to the dispute may effect such submission by giving notice of the existence of the dispute to the Secretary General, who will make all necessary arrangements for a full investigation and conside ation thereof. (reference)
United Nations	1948	Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Existence

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Look on, a few years, into a life where disease has no existence.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	For him the external world had scarcely an existence.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The soul tends towards God as towards the centre of her existence.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	What makes this sand foliage remarkable is its springing into existence thus suddenly.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead	Tom Stoppard
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Existence

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Anecdotal evidence points to the existence of racial, ethnic, and other cultural diversity in the perceptions and expectation levels for satisfactory sexual functioning. (references)
		The controversy raises questions concerning the literal existence of the disorder, whether it can be reliably diagnosed, and, if treated, what interventions are the most effective. (references)
		Two other factors, age and the existence of concurrent illnesses, while clearly related to mortality, bear a less clear relationship to prognosis for continued bleeding or rebleeding. (references)
Business		Beginning in 1993, the Ministry of Labor stopped officially denying the existence of strikes. (references)
		They benefit from geographical proximity, an integrated European market and in the case of Germany the existence of a common currency. (references)
		A tax of 10-20% (depending on the technology involved and the existence of an applicable bilateral tax treaty) is withheld on royalty payments. (references)
Children	Italy	Since June 1997 Telefono Arcobaleno has reported the existence of some 30,000 pedophile websites. (references)
	Jordan	Most illegitimate children become wards of the State or live a meager existence on the fringes of society. (references)
	Burundi	The National Assembly's approval of the ratification was completed before the existence of the Senate; therefore, the Senate's approval likely is unnecessary. (references)
Civil Liberties	Burma	Only 10 political parties are legally in existence, and most of those are moribund. (references)
	Iran	In 1993 the UNSR reported the existence of a government policy directive regarding the Baha'is. (references)
	Philippines	On May 2, the CHR issued an advisory upholding the President's authority to determine the existence of a state of rebellion. (references)
Discrimination	Dominican Republic	The law prohibits discrimination based on race and sex; however, such discrimination exists, and the Government seldom acknowledges its existence or makes efforts to combat it. (references)
	Brazil	The Gay Group of Bahia (GGB), the country's best known homosexual rights organization, and Amnesty International have documented the existence of skinhead, neo-Nazi, and "machista" gangs that attacked suspected homosexuals in cities including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, and Brasilia. (references)
Economic History	Oman	The Joint Commission continued in existence until the mid-1990s. (references)
Human Rights	Niger	The Government acknowledged the existence of the mass grave. (references)
	Portugal	Prison authorities deny these reports and point to the existence of organized violence among inmates. (references)
	Brazil	Abreu Filho also publicly admitted the existence of torture in FEBEM, and undertook measures to eliminate its use. (references)
Indigenous People	India	The Chhatisgarh state came into existence in November 2000, and the Jharkhand state came into existence in the same month. (references)
	Angola	Property laws inherited from the colonial era protected the power of large landholders and threatened the existence of traditional communities. (references)
	Indonesia	Nonetheless, it publicly recognizes the existence of several "isolated communities," and their right to participate fully in political and social life. (references)
Minorities	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Most of the country's 40-60,000 Roma (a rough estimate - no reliable figures exist) live a precarious existence. (references)
	Eritrea	Because of the existence of a Kunama opposition group operating in Ethiopia and supported by the Ethiopian Government, some Kunama in the country are suspected of supporting or having sympathies with the Ethiopian Government. (references)
	Liechtenstein	In its 1998 security report, the Government confirmed the existence of a small number of rightwing extremists, consisting of approximately 20 skinheads between the ages of 20 and 30, and approximately 20 followers of a slightly younger age. (references)
Political Economy	Sudan	In theory the law allows the existence of political parties. (references)
	Pakistan	Pakistan came into existence in August 1947 with the partition of British India. (references)
	Burkina Faso	In spite of the existence of dozens of political parties, there is little viable opposition to the President and his Government. (references)
Political Rights	Algeria	The Tuaregs, a people of Amazigh origin, do not play an important role in politics, due to their small numbers, estimated in the tens of thousands, and their nomadic existence. (references)
Trade	Spain	This law deals with the existence of pension plans promoted by employers, associations, and financial entities. (references)
	Slovak Rep	The interbank payment system is based on the existence of a single clearing center, and according to law, all banks are obliged to carry out all their domestic payment transactions through this center. (references)
Women	Germany	During the year, the Government conducted campaigns in schools and through church groups to bring public attention to the existence of such violence and the Government has supported numerous pilot projects to combat such violence throughout the country. (references)
	Afghanistan	The Special Rapporteur also noted continuing violations of the physical security of women and the practice of lashings and public beatings, violations of the rights to education, health, employment, freedom of movement, and freedom of association, and of family rights, including the existence of polygyny and forced marriage. (references)
	Afghanistan	After her 1999 visit, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women noted some improvements in the status of women, including the existence of home schools as well as limited primary educational institutions for girls run by the Religious Ministry in Kabul, increased access of women to health care, and the permission for widows to work. (references)
Worker Rights	Mauritania	NGO positions on the existence of slavery are not uniform. (references)
	Kuwait	Although no union has been dissolved, the law subordinates the legal existence of the unions to the power of the State. (references)
	Nicaragua	The Labor Code permits the existence of more than one union, representing the same group of workers, at any place of employment. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EVERLASTING, adj. Lasting forever. It is with no small diffidence that I venture to offer this brief and elementary definition, for I am not unaware of the existence of a bulky volume by a sometime Bishop of Worcester, entitled, A Partial Definition of the Word "Everlasting," as Used in the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures. His book was once esteemed of great authority in the Anglican Church, and is still, I understand, studied with pleasure to the mind and profit of the soul.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Existence

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	My big complaint about cloning is that most human beings I meet aren't interesting enough to fill up one existence, much less two.
Paul Burrell	I saw the tape. I knew of the tape's existence. It was mentioned in my trial. I knew that the tape was what it was purported to be because the princess told me.
Rush Limbaugh	There will be routes found for money to get to politicians and parties, despite the existence of whatever new laws there are banning certain kinds of money in certain situations.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Existence

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Another matter highly worthy of attention, is, that other Rules and Regulation's may be adopted for the Government of the Army than those now in existence, otherwise the Army, but for the name, might as well be disbanded.
John Adams	1797-1801	The commerce of the United States is essential, if not to their existence, at least to their comfort, their growth, prosperity, and happiness.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Circumstances have been recently developed showing the existence of extensive frauds under the various laws granting pensions and gratuities for Revolutionary services.
Martin van Buren	1837-1841	Distinct sovereignties were in actual existence, whose cordial union was essential to the welfare and happiness of all.
Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	I did not ask for place or position, and was entirely without influence or the acquaintance of persons of influence, but was resolved to perform my part in a struggle threatening the very existence of the nation.
Theodore Roosevelt	1901-1909	We now face other perils, the very existence of which it was impossible that they should foresee.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	Not only those who are now making their tax returns, but those who meet the enhanced cost of existence in their monthly bills, know by hard experience what this great burden is and what it does.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Although severely damaged, the Japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Existence

"Existence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Existence" is used about 6,585 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6,585	1,468

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Existence

Expressions using "existence": actual existence ♦ be in existence ♦ blank existence ♦ bring into existence ♦ come into existence ♦ conditions of existence ♦ continued existence ♦ currently in existence ♦ drag on one's existence ♦ drag out a miserable existence ♦ drag out a wretched existence ♦ eke out a bare existence ♦ existence in space ♦ hand to mouth existence ♦ impoverished existence ♦ in existence ♦ lead a nomadic existence ♦ pre existence ♦ proof of god's existence ♦ settled form of existence ♦ spiritual existence ♦ timeless existence ♦ uninterrupted existence. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "existence": existence-for, existence-threatening, existence-through, existence-to.
	Ending with "existence": non-existence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Existence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
existence	59	evil existence	3
existence of god	44	evidence existence god	3
existence profane	32	dutronc existence jacques l madame	3
proof for the existence of god	21	existence jesus	3
existence in prolong scroll scroll this virus	10	essence existence precedes	3
existence pre	10	existence jesus proof	3
existence invisible	9	bots existence	3
existence forced	8	ontological argument existence of god	3
descartes existence of god	7	existence into speak	3
existence mod	7	existence l madame	3
alien existence	7	existence soul	3
chaos existence	6	existence ufo	3
existence half life	6	chemical existence	2
existence ghost	5	account existence knowledge	2
existence human	5	existence half life mod	2
100 been existence has in over park years	5	angel existence	2
certificate of existence	5	existence mort philosophie sens	2
argument for god existence	4	existence mort sens	2
bane existence	4	existence movie	2
existence plane	4	existence non	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Existence

Language		Translations for "existence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		aansyn (presence). (various references)

Albanian		ekzistencë (being, entity, inwardness, life, subsistence). (various references)

Arabic		‏كينونة (being, entity), ‏كيان (entity, structure), ‏كائن (being, existing, located, lying, situated), ‏وجود (being, entity, presence, subsistence), ‏حياة (blood, life), ‏تعايش (coexist, coexistence, cohabit, cohabitation, get along with, live in, live together), ‏الكون (being, creation, universe), ‏أسلوب حياة, ‏بقاء (biding, date, duration, endurance, immortality, permanence, subsistence, survival). (various references)

Bulgarian		съществуване (being, entity, subsistence), съществувание, наличие (presence). (various references)

Chinese		存在 (Exist, Existed, Existing, Presence). (various references)

Czech		existence (being, individual, subsistence), jsoucno, bytí (being), život (head, life, lifetime, vivacity, waist). (various references)

Danish		eksistens (being). (various references)

Dutch		bestaan (be bold, being, dare, exist). (various references)

Esperanto		ekzisto, ekzistado. (various references)

Farsi		موجودیت , هستی (Essence, Objectivity, Reality), وجود (Essence, Person, Personality, Quality), زیست (Work), زندگی (Habitancy, Life), بایش . (various references)

Finnish		olo (stay), olemassaolo (occurrence). (various references)

French		existence. (various references)

German		existenz (existance, livelihood, subsistence), Dasein (be available, be extant, be left, be there, being, entities, entity, presence), vorhandensein (availability), sein (be, be held, be in existence, be located, be present, being, essence, have, his, iss, its, make, one's, suchness, to be, were, your), leben (be alive, dwell, exist, inhabit, life, life [pl lives], lifetime, live, living, livings, natural, subsist, subsistence, to exist, to live, vitality), bestehen (abide, be available, be extant, come through, consist, consists, endure, exist, insist, insistence, overcome, overcoming, pass, passing, persevere, persist, to consists, to exist, withstand, withstanding). (various references)

Greek		ύπαρξη (being, entity, occurrence, subsistence). (various references)

Hawaiian		ekzistencë. (various references)

Hebrew		מציאותיות (realism, reality), מציאות (actuality, essence, reality, sooth), ישות (being, entity, essence, reality, substance), יש (being, substance, there are, there is), תקומ�" (rebirth, recovery, resistance, resurrection, revival, stand, uprising), קימות (durability), קיום (being, living, subsistence), עולם (eternity, space, universe, world), �"מצאות (presence, ubiety), �"תקימות (durability, fulfilment, occurrence, realization, taking place), �"וי�" (entity). (various references)

Hungarian		létezés (subsistence), lét (being, entity, life), fennállás. (various references)

Indonesian		eksistensi, wujud (being, entity), keberadaan, adanya (presence, situation). (various references)

Irish		bith (world; existence). (various references)

Italian		esistenza (be there, being, entity, exist, existance). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"�命 (life), �"�存 (being, survival), 有無 (flag indicator, presence or absence marker, yes or no), 実在 (reality), 実存 , サ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "su", crayfish, entree, heavy rainfall, hors d'oeuvres, pomelo, rope, sauerkraut, seed, Seidel, shaddock, that's all, that's O.K., that's right, the, Zaire, Zambia, Zamenhof), エクリン腺 (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels, eccrine gland, echo, echo back, eclair, ecocide, Ecole de Paris, ecological mark, ecology, econometrics, economic animal, economical, economics, economist, economy, economy class, ecosystem, executive, executive class, exit), 存立 (subsistence), 存在 (being), 存亡 (destiny, life or death), 存廃 (continue or eliminate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぞ�"ぱい (continue or eliminate, silver cup, silver medal), そ�"ざい (being), そ�"ぼう (destiny, life or death, loss), そ�"りつ (established or operated by a village, loss factor, subsistence), うむ (flag indicator, presence or absence marker, to deliver, to fester, to form pus, to get tired of, to give birth, to lose interest in, to produce, yes or no), せいぞ�" (being, survival), せいめい (declaration, full name, life, proclamation, pure and clear, reputation, statement), ザイン , エグジスタンス , じつぞ�", じつざい (reality). (various references)

Korean		실존 (Existential). (various references)

Manx		seihll (age, life, lifetime, public, span, world), er mayrn (living, remaining, surviving, undestroyed), bioys (being, life, life-saving, lifetime), beays (being), ayn (exist, existent, in, in existence, present). (various references)

Norwegian		eksistens (being), tilværelse. (various references)

Papiamen		eksitensia. (various references)

Pig Latin		existenceay

Portuguese		existência (being, life, living, stand, subsistence). (various references)

Romanian		existenţã (availability, being, life, living, presence, reality, subsistence), viaţã (alacrity, animation, being, biography, career, cheerfulness, day, life, living, pepper, reality, spirit, sprightliness, vitality), trai (life, livelihood, living, subsistence), lume (cosmos, creation, earth, folk, humanity, mankind, people, realm, society, universe, world), fiinţã (being, creature, essence, life, person, soul, substance, thing). (various references)

Russian		существование (being, essence, subsistence). (various references)

Scottish		bith (air bith, at all = in, being, existence : 'sam bith, the world), ann (in, in existence, in it, prep. in. See <A HREF="mf00.html#an">an</A>, there, there; carries, therein). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		postojanje (being, life, subsistence), opstanak (subsistence, survival). (various references)

Spanish		existencia (being, goods, life, occurrence, standing, stock). (various references)

Swedish		tillvaro (being), existens (being, individual, life, living, subsistence), bestånd (circle, duration, holdings, number, population, stand, stock, working circle). (various references)

Thai		การ�"ำรงอยู่. (various references)

Turkish		varoluş (being, entity, presence), varlık (asset, being, circumstance, circumstances, creature, criter, entity, estate, havings, means, possession, possessions, presence, property, stock, subsistence, wealth), olma (being, existing, happening, maturation, occurrence), hayat (experience, heart's-blood, life, living, race, Vita). (various references)

Turkmen		gьzeran (life), durmuю (life). (various references)

Ukranian		суть (alcohol, backbone, content, core, entity, essence, essential, gist, hinge, inwardness, juice, kernel, marrow, marrowbone, matter, nature, net, nub, pith, point, quid, quiddity, quintessence, self, soul, spirit, substance), існування (being, essence, life, subsistence), життя (being, life, world). (various references)

Vietnamese		vật t�"n tại (esse), thực thể, sự t�"n tại, sự sống còn, sự sống, những cái có thật, cuộc sống sự hiện có vật có thật. (various references)

Welsh		bodolaeth, bod (be, being). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Existence

Language	Period	Translations
Avestan	200-600	... stôi, anghu, stê. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	existentem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Existence

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 9, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Mhpw gar gennhqentwn mhde praxantwn ti agaqon h kakon ina h kat ekloghn tou qeou proqesiV menh ouk ex ergwn all ek tou kalountoV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cum enim nondum nati fuissent aut aliquid egissent bonum aut malum ut secundum electionem propositum Dei maneret
Old English	990	West Saxon	Git, beforan getwinnas wæren gewæcnen ond beforan hi hæfdon ænig god oððe yfel gedon�"þætte Godes gemynd on cyre mihte belifan:
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne thei weren not yit borun, nether hadden don ony thing of good ether of yuel, that the purpos of God schulde dwelle bi eleccioun,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Yeer the chyldren were borne when they had nether done good nether bad: that the purpose of God which is by election myght stonde
Jacobean English	1611	King James	(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Victorian English	1833	Webster	(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth)
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Existence

Language	Romans Chapter 9, Verse 11
Cebuano	bisan sa wala pa mahimugso ang mga bata ug wala pa sila makahimog bisan unsa, maayo o dautan, aron magapadayon ang katuyoan sa Dios sa pagpamili nga daan, dili pinaagi sa mga buhat kondili pinaagi sa iyang pagtawag,
Croatian	Pa kad još blizanci ne bijahu roðeni niti uèiniše što dobro ili zlo - da bi trajnom ostala odluka Božja o izabranju:
Danish	Thi da de endnu ikke vare fødte og ikke havde gjort noget godt eller ondt, blev der, for at Guds Udvælgelses Beslutning skulde stå fast, ikke i Kraft af Gerninger, men i Kraft af ham, der kalder,
Dutch	Want als de kinderen nog niet geboren waren, noch iets goeds of kwaads gedaan hadden, opdat het voornemen Gods, dat naar de verkiezing is, vast bleve, niet uit de werken, maar uit den Roepende;
Finnish	ja ennenkuin kaksoset olivat syntyneetkään ja ennenkuin olivat tehneet mitään, hyvää tai pahaa, niin - että Jumalan valinnan mukainen aivoitus pysyisi, ei tekojen tähden, vaan kutsujan tähden -
French	car, quoique les enfants ne fussent pas encore nés et ils n`eussent fait ni bien ni mal, -afin que le dessein d`élection de Dieu subsistât, sans dépendre des oeuvres, et par la seule volonté de celui qui appelle, -
German	ehe die Kinder geboren waren und weder Gutes noch Böses getan hatten, auf daß der Vorsatz Gottes bestünde nach der Wahl,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebelum kedua orang anak itu lahir, Allah sudah menentukan pilihan-Nya untuk selanjutnya. Pilihan Allah itu tidak bergantung kepada apa yang dapat dilakukan oleh orang, tetapi bergantung kepada panggilan Allah sendiri. Sebab pada waktu kedua anak laki-laki Ribka itu belum dapat melakukan sesuatu yang baik atau yang jahat,
Italian	quando essi ancora non eran nati e nulla avevano fatto di bene o di male - perché rimanesse fermo il disegno divino fondato sull'elezione non in base alle opere, ma alla volont� di colui che chiama -
Maori	I nga tama hoki kahore ano i whanau noa, kahore ano hoki i mahi i te pai, i te kino ranei, he mea kia u ai ta te Atua i whakatakoto ai mo te whiriwhiringa, ehara i nga mahi, engari na te kaikaranga;
Norwegian	For da de ennu var ufødte og ennu ikke hadde gjort hverken godt eller ondt - forat Guds råd efter hans utvelgelse skulde stå ved makt, ikke ved gjerninger, men ved ham som kaller -
Rumanian	Cqci, mqcar cq cei doi gemeni nu se nqscuserq kncq, wi nu fqcuserq nici bine nici rqu, -ca sq rqmknq kn picioare hotqrkrea mai dinainte a lui Dumnezeu, prin care se fqcea o alegere, nu prin fapte, ci prin Cel ce cheamq, -
Shuar
Swahili	Lakini, ili Mungu aonekane kwamba anao uhuru wa kuchagua, hata kabla wale ndugu hawajazaliwa na kabla hawajaweza kupambanua jema na baya,
Swedish	Ty förrän dessa voro födda, och innan de ännu hade gjort vare sig gott eller ont, blev det ordet henne sagt -- för att Guds utkorelse-rådslut skulle bliva beståndande, varvid det icke skulle bero på någons gärningar, utan på honom som kallar --
Uma
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Existence

Derivations
	Words beginning with "existence": existences. (additional references)
	Words ending with "existence": coexistence, inexistence, nonexistence, preexistence. (additional references)
	Words containing "existence": coexistences, inexistences, nonexistences, preexistences. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Existence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exhistence, existance, existances, existens, existense, exitance, exostence, extistence. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Existence"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "existence" (pronounced egzi"stuns or igzi"stuns)
8	-g z i" s t u n s	coexistence.
7	-z i" s t u n s	resistance.
6	-i" s t u n s	assistance, consistence, distance, insistence, persistence, subsistence.
5	-s t u n s	instance, substance.
4	-t u n s	acceptance, acquaintance, admittance, capacitance, competence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inductance, inheritance, omnipotence, pittance, reluctance, remittance, repentance, sentence.
3	-u n s	abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, accordance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, imprudence, incidence, incoherence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, innocence, insignificance, insolence, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, remembrance, reminiscence, resemblance, residence, resilience, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
9	i g z i" s t u n s	coexistence.
7	-z i" s t u n s	resistance.
6	-i" s t u n s	assistance, consistence, distance, insistence, persistence, subsistence.
5	-s t u n s	instance, substance.
4	-t u n s	acceptance, acquaintance, admittance, capacitance, competence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inductance, inheritance, omnipotence, pittance, reluctance, remittance, repentance, sentence.
3	-u n s	abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, accordance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, imprudence, incidence, incoherence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, innocence, insignificance, insolence, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, remembrance, reminiscence, resemblance, residence, resilience, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Existence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-n-s-t-x"
	-2 letters: entices, excites, sixteen.
	-3 letters: entice, excise, excite, exines, exsect, incest, insect, nicest, nieces.
	-4 letters: cense, cents, cesti, cetes, cines, cites, execs, exine, exist, exits, inset, neist, niece, nites, nixes, scene, scent, seine, sente, senti, since, sixte, stein, teens, tense, tines, xenic.
	-5 letters: cees, cent, cete, cine, cist, cite, etic, exec, exes, exit, ices, nest.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-n-s-t-x"
	+1 letter: existences.
	+2 letters: coexistence, coextensive, excitements, inexistence.
	+3 letters: coexistences, executioners, exoticnesses, expectancies, inexistences, nonexistence, preexistence.
	+4 letters: coextensively, excitableness, inexactnesses, nonexecutives, nonexistences, preexistences.
	+5 letters: exactingnesses, explicitnesses, postexperience.
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