existence
existence is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- after
- all
- and
- approach
- article
- await
- being
- beyond
- blood
- bodily
- body
- brewing
- certainly
- chance
- close
- come
- coming
- corporeal
- corporeity
- creature
- death
- destiny
- distance
- doom
- element
- embryo
- essential
- essentially
- eventually
- everlasting
- expectation
- face
- flesh
- for
- foreordain
- forthcoming
- future
- futurity
- going
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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