existence

Roget category 1

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.1. Existence
›› 1.1.1. Being, in the abstract

#1. Existence

noun

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.

verb

exist, be — have being etc. n. — subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case — occur etc. (event) 151 — have place, prevail — find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.
consist in, lie in — be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by.
come into existence etc. n. — arise etc. (begin) 66 — come forth etc. (appear) 446.
become etc. (be converted) 144 — bring into existence etc. 161.
abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.

adjective

existing etc. v. — existent, under the sun — in existence etc. n. — extant — afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent — undestroyed.
real, actual, positive, absolute — true etc. 494 — substantial, substantive — self-existing, self-existent — essential.
well-founded, well-grounded — unideal^†, unimagined — not potential etc. 2 — authentic.

adverb

actually etc. adj. — in fact, in point of fact, in reality — indeed — de facto, ipso facto.

phrase

ens rationis [Lat.] — ergo sum cogito [Lat.], thinkest thou existence doth depend on thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron].

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