"existence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/ [US], /ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/ [US] Audio: en-us-existence.ogg [US] Forms: existences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz. Morphologically exist + -ence. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|existence}} Middle English existence, {{der|en|fro|existence}} Old French existence, {{der|en|LL.|existentia||existence}} Late Latin existentia (“existence”), {{m|la|existēns}} existēns, {{m|la|exsisto|existō, exsistō|I am, I exist}} existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), {{m|la|ex||out}} ex (“out”), {{m|la|sisto|sistere|to set, place}} sistere (“to set, place”), {{m|la|stō|stare|to stand, to be stood}} stare (“to stand, to be stood”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stísteh₂ti}} Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, {{m|ine-pro|*steh₂-||stand}} *steh₂- (“stand”), {{cog|es|existencia}} Spanish existencia, {{cog|fr|existence}} French existence, {{cog|de|Existenz}} German Existenz, {{suffix|en|exist|ence|nocat=1}} exist + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)
  1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: presence Translations (state of being, existing, or occurring): qenie [feminine] (Albanian), ekzistencë [feminine] (Albanian), وُجُود (wujūd) [masculine] (Arabic), وجود (wugūd) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), գոյություն (goyutʿyun) (Armenian), esistencia [feminine] (Asturian), varlıq (Azerbaijani), mövcudluq (Azerbaijani), існава́нне (isnavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), быццё (byccjó) [neuter] (Belarusian), অস্তিত্ব (ostitto) (Bengali), ওজুদ (ōjud) (Bengali), съществу́ване (sǎštestvúvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), битие (bitie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဇာတ် (jat) (Burmese), existència [feminine] (Catalan), بوون (bûn) (Central Kurdish), 存在 (cyun⁴ zoi⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 存在 (cúnzài) (Chinese Mandarin), existence [feminine] (Czech), bytí [neuter] (Czech), eksistens (Danish), tilværelse (Danish), bestaan [neuter] (Dutch), voorkomen [neuter] (Dutch), вуй (vuj) (Eastern Mari), ekzistado (Esperanto), ekzisto (Esperanto), olemasolu (Estonian), ixistencia (Lagarteiru) [feminine] (Fala), existencia (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) [feminine] (Fala), olemassaolo (Finnish), existence [feminine] (French), existencia [feminine] (Galician), არსებობა (arseboba) (Georgian), Existenz [feminine] (German), Dasein [neuter] (German), Sein [neuter] (German), ύπαρξη (ýparxi) (Greek), અસ્તિત્વ (astitva) (Gujarati), קִיּוּם (kiyúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), अस्तित्व (astitva) [masculine] (Hindi), भाव (bhāv) [masculine] (Hindi), lét (Hungarian), létezés (Hungarian), tilvera [feminine] (Icelandic), eksistensi (Indonesian), adanya (Indonesian), keberadaan (Indonesian), existentia (Interlingua), esistenza [feminine] (Italian), 存在 (sonzaí) (alt: そんざい) (Japanese), тіршілік (tırşılık) (Kazakh), болмыс (bolmys) (Kazakh), អត្ថិភាព (ʼatthephiəp) (Khmer), 존재 (jonjae) (alt: 存在) (Korean), жашоо (jaşoo) (Kyrgyz), ຊີບ (sīp) (Lao), ຊີວະ (sī wa) (Lao), ຊີວັງ (Lao), ຊີວາລັຍ (sī wā lai) (Lao), ຊີວິດ (sī wit) (Lao), ພະວາພົບ (pha wā phop) (Lao), ພາວະ (phā wa) (Lao), exsistentia [feminine] (Latin), eksistence [feminine] (Latvian), pastāvēšana [feminine] (Latvian), esamība [feminine] (Latvian), egzistavimas (Lithuanian), syn: buvimas (Lithuanian), egzistencija [feminine] (Lithuanian), постоење (postoenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), битие (bitie) [neuter] (Macedonian), eżistenza [feminine] (Maltese), tauoranga (Maori), kaiaotanga (Maori), beays [masculine] (Norman), eksistens [masculine] (Norwegian), tilværelse [masculine] (Norwegian), existéncia [feminine] (Occitan), هستی (hasti) (Persian), بوش (boveš) (Persian), egzystencja [feminine] (Polish), istnienie [neuter] (Polish), existência [feminine] (Portuguese), existență [feminine] (Romanian), существова́ние (suščestvovánije) [neuter] (Russian), бытие́ (bytijé) (english: philosophical) [neuter, poetic] (Russian), экзисте́нция (ekzistɛ́ncija) [feminine] (Russian), постојање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), битисање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), егзистенција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), postojanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), bitisanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), egzistencija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), existencia [feminine] (Slovak), bytie [neuter] (Slovak), obstoj [masculine] (Slovene), bitje [neuter] (Slovene), existencia [feminine] (Spanish), existens [common-gender] (Swedish), tillvaro [common-gender] (Swedish), kamayhan (Tagalog), kamayrunan (Tagalog), ҳастӣ (hastī) (Tajik), การดำรงอยู่ (Thai), ชีพ (chîip) (Thai), ชีวะ (Thai), ชีวา (Thai), ชีวิต (chii-wít) (Thai), varlık (Turkish), varoluş (Turkish), egzistans (Turkish), існува́ння (isnuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), буття́ (buttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), mavjudlik (Uzbek), tồn tại (alt: 存在) (Vietnamese), עקסיסטענץ (eksistents) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-existence-en-noun-J5m1ATMv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'state of being, existing, or occurring': 93 7
  2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968) Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (empirical reality): olevainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-existence-en-noun-qOCz5BUM Disambiguation of 'empirical reality': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: being, beinghood, beingness, dasein, existence, hereness, subsistence Hyponyms: coexistence, concomitance Derived forms: bane of someone's existence, co-existence, in existence, non-existence, nonexistence, self-existence, three marks of existence, timeless existence Related terms: exist, aseity, existential, entity

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          "ref": "2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146",
          "text": "The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.",
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          "ref": "2020 June 29, Wendi, “The Loyal General Yue Fei”, in Minghui",
          "text": "The ancients said, “A ruler should exist for the existence of the people.” The famous thinker, Mencius noted, “The people are the most valuable, then the country, and the ruler comes last.”",
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          "code": "sq",
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          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wujūd",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wugūd",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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          "word": "وجود"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "goyutʿyun",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "գոյություն"
        },
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esistencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "varlıq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "mövcudluq"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "isnavánnje",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "існава́нне"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "byccjó",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "быццё"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ostitto",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "অস্তিত্ব"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ōjud",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ওজুদ"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎštestvúvane",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "съществу́ване"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bitie",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "битие"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "jat",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ဇာတ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existència"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "cyun⁴ zoi⁶",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cúnzài",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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          ],
          "word": "bytí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "eksistens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "tilværelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bestaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "voorkomen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ekzistado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ekzisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "olemasolu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fax",
          "lang": "Fala",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ixistencia (Lagarteiru)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fax",
          "lang": "Fala",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existencia (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "olemassaolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existence"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existencia"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "arseboba",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "არსებობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Existenz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Dasein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ýparxi",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ύπαρξη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "astitva",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "અસ્તિત્વ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kiyúm",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קִיּוּם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "astitva",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अस्तित्व"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhāv",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "भाव"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "lét"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "létezés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilvera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "eksistensi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "adanya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "keberadaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "existentia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esistenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "そんざい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sonzaí",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "存在"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tırşılık",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "тіршілік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bolmys",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "болмыс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼatthephiəp",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "អត្ថិភាព"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "存在",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jonjae",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "존재"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "bûn",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "بوون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jaşoo",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "жашоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sīp",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī wa",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວັງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī wā lai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວາລັຍ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī wit",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວິດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha wā phop",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ພະວາພົບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phā wa",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ພາວະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exsistentia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eksistence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pastāvēšana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esamība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "egzistavimas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "egzistencija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "postoenje",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "постоење"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bitie",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "битие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eżistenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "tauoranga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "kaiaotanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "vuj",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "вуй"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beays"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eksistens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tilværelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existéncia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hasti",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "هستی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "boveš",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "بوش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "egzystencja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "istnienie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existență"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "suščestvovánije",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "существова́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "philosophical",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bytijé",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "бытие́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ekzistɛ́ncija",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "экзисте́нция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "постојање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "битисање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "егзистенција"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "postojanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bitisanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "egzistencija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bytie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bitje"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "existens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tillvaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "kamayhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "kamayrunan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "hastī",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ҳастӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "การดำรงอยู่"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chîip",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ชีพ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ชีวะ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ชีวา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chii-wít",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "varlık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "egzistans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "isnuvánnja",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "існува́ння"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "buttjá",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "буття́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "mavjudlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "存在",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "tồn tại"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "eksistents",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "עקסיסטענץ"
        }
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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      ],
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "empirical reality",
          "word": "olevainen"
        }
      ]
    }
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      ]
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}
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      "english": "state of being",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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      "word": "co-existence"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "existence"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French existence",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "existentia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "existence"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "existēns"
      },
      "expansion": "existēns",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "exsisto",
        "3": "existō, exsistō",
        "4": "I am, I exist"
      },
      "expansion": "existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ex",
        "3": "",
        "4": "out"
      },
      "expansion": "ex (“out”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sisto",
        "3": "sistere",
        "4": "to set, place"
      },
      "expansion": "sistere (“to set, place”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "stō",
        "3": "stare",
        "4": "to stand, to be stood"
      },
      "expansion": "stare (“to stand, to be stood”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*stísteh₂ti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*steh₂-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "stand"
      },
      "expansion": "*steh₂- (“stand”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "existencia"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish existencia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "existence"
      },
      "expansion": "French existence",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Existenz"
      },
      "expansion": "German Existenz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "exist",
        "3": "ence",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "exist + -ence",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz.\nMorphologically exist + -ence.",
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    {
      "form": "existences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "coexistence"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "concomitance"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "exist"
    },
    {
      "word": "aseity"
    },
    {
      "word": "existential"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "entity"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146",
          "text": "The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 29, Wendi, “The Loyal General Yue Fei”, in Minghui",
          "text": "The ancients said, “A ruler should exist for the existence of the people.” The famous thinker, Mencius noted, “The people are the most valuable, then the country, and the ruler comes last.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood."
      ],
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        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "beinghood",
          "beinghood"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "presence"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Empirical",
          "empirical"
        ],
        [
          "reality",
          "reality"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/En-us-existence.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "being"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "beinghood"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "beingness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "dasein"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "existence"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "hereness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:existence",
      "word": "subsistence"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "qenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekzistencë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wujūd",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وُجُود"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wugūd",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وجود"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "goyutʿyun",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "գոյություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esistencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "varlıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "mövcudluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "isnavánnje",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "існава́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "byccjó",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "быццё"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ostitto",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "অস্তিত্ব"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ōjud",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ওজুদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎštestvúvane",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съществу́ване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bitie",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "битие"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "jat",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ဇာတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existència"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cyun⁴ zoi⁶",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "存在"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cúnzài",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "存在"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existence"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bytí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "eksistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "tilværelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bestaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorkomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ekzistado"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ekzisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "olemasolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fax",
      "lang": "Fala",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ixistencia (Lagarteiru)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fax",
      "lang": "Fala",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existencia (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "olemassaolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arseboba",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "არსებობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Existenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dasein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ýparxi",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ύπαρξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "astitva",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "અસ્તિત્વ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kiyúm",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קִיּוּם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "astitva",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अस्तित्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhāv",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "भाव"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "lét"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "létezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilvera"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "eksistensi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "adanya"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "keberadaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "existentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esistenza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そんざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sonzaí",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "存在"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tırşılık",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "тіршілік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bolmys",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "болмыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼatthephiəp",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "អត្ថិភាព"
    },
    {
      "alt": "存在",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jonjae",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "존재"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bûn",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "بوون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jaşoo",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "жашоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sīp",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ຊີບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sī wa",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ຊີວະ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ຊີວັງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sī wā lai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ຊີວາລັຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sī wit",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ຊີວິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pha wā phop",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ພະວາພົບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phā wa",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ພາວະ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exsistentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eksistence"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pastāvēšana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esamība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "egzistavimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "syn: buvimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egzistencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "postoenje",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "постоење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bitie",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "битие"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eżistenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "tauoranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "kaiaotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "vuj",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "вуй"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beays"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eksistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tilværelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existéncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hasti",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "هستی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "boveš",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "بوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egzystencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "istnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suščestvovánije",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "существова́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "philosophical",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bytijé",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "бытие́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekzistɛ́ncija",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "экзисте́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "постојање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "битисање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "егзистенција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postojanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bitisanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egzistencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bytie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obstoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bitje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "existencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "existens"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillvaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "kamayhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "kamayrunan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hastī",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ҳастӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "การดำรงอยู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chîip",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ชีพ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ชีวะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ชีวา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chii-wít",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ชีวิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "varlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "varoluş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "egzistans"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "isnuvánnja",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "існува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "buttjá",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "буття́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "mavjudlik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "存在",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "tồn tại"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "eksistents",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "עקסיסטענץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "empirical reality",
      "word": "olevainen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "existence"
  ],
  "word": "existence"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/611",
  "msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Lithuanian', 'code': 'lt', 'sense': 'state of being, existing, or occurring', 'word': 'syn: buvimas'}",
  "path": [
    "existence"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "existence",
  "trace": ""
}

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