1 [U] the state or fact of being real or living:
I was unaware of his existence until today. * This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence. * Pakistan came into existence as an independent country after the war. * a crisis that threatens the industry's continued existence
2 [C] a way of living especially when this is difficult or boring:
The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped and noisy apartment. * We led a poor but happy enough existence as children. * They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on). * The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (= in order to continue to live).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is existence a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, existence is tagged as noun.
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