Definition of existence
1 a
obsolete
:reality as opposed to appearance
b
:reality as presented in experience
c (1)
:the totality of existent things
(2)
:a particular being
- all the fair existences of heaven
- —John Keats
d
:sentient or living being :life
2 a
:the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence
- the existence of other worlds
b
:the manner of being that is common to every mode of being
c
:being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect
3
:actual or present occurrence
- existence of a state of war
