existence

1. The state or fact of existing (synset 113977471)
   "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"; "he appeared on the face of the earth one day"
   tells us about:

   • existent, existing - having existence or being or actuality
   • nonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • actuality - the state of actually existing objectively
   • eternity, timeless existence, timelessness - a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
   • preexistence - existing in a former state or previous to something else
   • coexistence - existing peacefully together
   • subsistence - the state of existing in reality; having substance
   • presence - the state of being present; current existence
   • life - the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
   • aliveness, animation, life, living - the condition of living or the state of being alive
   • life - a characteristic state or mode of living
   • transcendence, transcendency - a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
   • possibility, possibleness - capability of existing or happening or being true
   same as: being, beingness, face of the earth
2. Everything that exists anywhere (synset 109489410)
   "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
   is a type of: natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
   subtypes:

   • closed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter
   • natural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws
   • nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
   member holonym: extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
   has:

   • celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky
   • estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
   same as: cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world

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