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
