existence
noun
1 existence
The state or fact of existing:
— Laws in existence for centuries.
synonyms: being, beingness, face of the earth.
Roget 1:
existence,
being,
entity,
ens [Lat.],
esse [Lat.],
subsistence.
reality,
actuality;
positiveness
etc.
adj.;
fact,
matter of fact,
sober reality;
truth
etc.
494;
actual existence.
presence
etc.
(existence in space)
186;
coexistence
etc.
120.
stubborn fact,
hard fact;
not a dream
etc.
515;
no joke.
center of life,
essence,
inmost nature,
inner reality,
vital principle.
[Science of existence],
ontology.
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Roget 359:
life,
vitality,
viability;
animation;
vital spark,
vital flame,
soul,
spirit.
respiration,
wind;
breath of life,
breath of one's nostrils;
oxygen,
air.
[devices to sustain respiration]
respirator,
artificial respirator,
heart and lung machine,
iron lung;
medical devices
etc.
662.
lifeblood;
Archeus†;
existence
etc.
1.
vivification;
vital force;
vitalization;
revivification
etc.
163;
Prometheus;
life to come
etc.
(destiny)
152.
[Science of life]
physiology,
biology;
animal ecology.
nourishment,
staff of life
etc.
(food)
298.
genetics,
heredity,
inheritance,
evolution,
natural selection,
reproduction
(production)
161.
microbe,
aerobe,
anaerobe,
facultative anaerobe,
obligate aerobe,
obligate anaerobe,
halophile [Micro.],
methanogen [Micro.],
archaebacteria [Micro.],
microaerophile [Micro.].
animal
etc.
366;
vegetable
etc.
367.
artificial life,
robot,
robotics,
artificial intelligence.
[vital signs]
breathing,
breathing rate,
heartbeat,
pulse,
temperature.
preservation of life,
healing
(medicine)
662.
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Dutch: wezen, voorkomen, bestaan, existentie
Polish: życie, egzystowanie, egzystencja, doczesność
2 existence
Everything that exists anywhere:
— The biggest tree in existence.
synonyms: cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world.
Dutch: macrocosmos, macrokosmos, al, heelal, kosmos, ruim, ruimte, schepping, universum, wereldruim, wereldruimte ... show more
Polish: uniwersum, wszechświat, kosmos, makrokosmos, makroświat, świat
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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