existence

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existence /ɪgˈzɪstəns/ noun

plural existences

existence

/ɪgˈzɪstəns/

noun

plural existences

Learner's definition of EXISTENCE

[noncount] : the state of existing存在: such as

a : the fact of having actual being : the state of being real現實存在；實有

the existence of ghosts鬼魂的存在
She began to doubt the existence of God.她開始懷疑上帝的存在。
the largest animal/building in existence [=the largest animal/building that exists]現存最大的動物/建築
We shouldn't deny the existence of these problems. [=we shouldn't deny that these problems are present or real]我們不應該否認這些問題的存在。
long before the country had come into existence [=begun to exist; come to have actual being]早在這個國家成立以前
The company has since gone out of existence. [=it no longer exists]這家公司從此不複存在。

b : the state of continuing to be or to live存活；生存

The organization is engaged in a struggle for (its) existence.這個組織正在爲其生存而奮鬥。
I owe my very existence [=life] to their courage. [=I am alive because of their courage]全靠他們的勇氣，我才得以活下來。

[count] : a particular way of living生存方式 — usually singular通常用單數