"existence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/ [US], /ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/ [US] Audio: en-us-existence.ogg 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”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stísteh₂ti}} Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, {{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), ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐς (hŭ́părxĭs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), وُجُود (wujūd) [masculine] (Arabic), كَيْنُونَة (kaynūna) [feminine] (Arabic), وجود (wugūd) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), գոյություն (goyutʻyun) (Armenian), esistencia [feminine] (Asturian), varlıq (Azerbaijani), mövcudluq (Azerbaijani), барлыҡ (barlıq) (Bashkir), існава́нне (isnavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), існава́ньне (isnavánʹnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), быццё (byccjó) [neuter] (Belarusian), быцьцё (bycʹcjó) [neuter] (Belarusian), экзістэ́нцыя (ekzisténcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), অস্তিত্ব (ostitto) (Bengali), ওজুদ (ōjud) (Bengali), съществу́ване (sǎštestvúvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), битие́ (bitié) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဇာတ် (jat) (Burmese), existència [feminine] (Catalan), بوون (bûn) (Central Kurdish), 存在 (chûn-chāi) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 存在 (cyun⁴ zoi⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 存在 (cúnzài) (Chinese Mandarin), бꙑтиѥ (bytije) [Cyrillic, neuter] (Church Slavic), 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), 存在 (chhùn-chhai) (Hakka Chinese), קִיּוּם (kiyúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), अस्तित्व (astitva) [masculine] (Hindi), भाव (bhāv) [masculine] (Hindi), हस्ती (hastī) [feminine] (Hindi), वजूद (vajūd) [masculine] (Hindi), lét (Hungarian), létezés (Hungarian), tilvera [feminine] (Icelandic), tilvist [feminine] (Icelandic), eksistensi (Indonesian), adanya (Indonesian), keberadaan (Indonesian), existentia (Interlingua), هَسْتی (hasti) (Iranian Persian), وُجود (vojud) (Iranian Persian), بُوِش (boveš) (Iranian Persian), an saol [masculine] (Irish), esistenza [feminine] (Italian), 存在 (sonzai) (alt: そんざい) (Japanese), 実存 (jitsuzon) (alt: じつぞん) (Japanese), 実在 (jitsuzai) (alt: じつざい) (Japanese), тіршілік (tırşılık) (Kazakh), болмыс (bolmys) (Kazakh), អត្ថិភាព (ʼatthephiəp) (Khmer), 존재 (jonjae) (alt: 存在) (Korean), 실존 (siljon) (alt: 實存) (Korean), 실재 (siljae) (alt: 實在) (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), buvimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), egzistencija [feminine] (Lithuanian), постоење (postoenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), битие (bitie) [neuter] (Macedonian), eżistenza [feminine] (Maltese), tauoranga (Maori), kaiaotanga (Maori), оршихуй (oršixuj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), амьдрал (amʹdral) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), beays [masculine] (Norman), hebûn (Northern Kurdish), wicûd (Northern Kurdish), eksistens [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tilværelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), existéncia [feminine] (Occitan), شتون (štun) [masculine] (Pashto), هستي (hastí) [feminine] (Pashto), وجود (wojúd) [masculine] (Pashto), 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), अस्तित्व (ástitva) [neuter] (Sanskrit), 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 (hasti) (Tajik), вуҷуд (vujud) (Tajik), бувиш (buviš) (Tajik), барлык (barlıq) (Tatar), яшәү (yaşäw) (Tatar), вөҗүд (wöcüd) (Tatar), การมีอยู่ (gaan-mii-yùu) (Thai), การมีตัวตน (Thai), varlık (Turkish), varoluş (Turkish), egzistans (Turkish), barlyk (Turkmen), існува́ння (isnuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), буття́ (buttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), екзисте́нція (ekzysténcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ہَسْتی (hastī) [feminine] (Urdu), وَجُود (vajūd) [masculine] (Urdu), مەۋجۇتلۇق (mewjutluq) (Uyghur), mavjudlik (Uzbek), tồn tại (alt: 存在) (Vietnamese), 存在 (⁶zen-ze) (Wu Chinese), עקסיסטענץ (eksistents) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968) Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (empirical reality): olevainen (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: being, beinghood, beingness, dasein, existence, hereness, subsistence Hyponyms: coexistence, concomitance Related terms: exist, aseity, existential, entity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "word": "ekzistado"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "არსებობა"
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          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kiyúm",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קִיּוּם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "astitva",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अस्तित्व"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhāv",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "भाव"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "hastī",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "हस्ती"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vajūd",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वजूद"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "lét"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "létezés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilvera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilvist"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "eksistensi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "adanya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "keberadaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "existentia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "an saol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esistenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "そんざい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sonzai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "存在"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "じつぞん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jitsuzon",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "実存"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "じつざい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jitsuzai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "実在"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tırşılık",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "тіршілік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bolmys",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "болмыс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼatthephiəp",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "អត្ថិភាព"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "存在",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jonjae",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "존재"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "實存",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "siljon",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "실존"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "實在",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "siljae",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "실재"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "bûn",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "بوون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "hebûn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "wicûd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jaşoo",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "жашоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sīp",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī wa",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວັງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī wā lai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວາລັຍ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī wit",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ຊີວິດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha wā phop",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ພະວາພົບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phā wa",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ພາວະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exsistentia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eksistence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pastāvēšana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esamība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "egzistavimas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buvimas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "egzistencija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "postoenje",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "постоење"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bitie",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "битие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eżistenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "tauoranga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "kaiaotanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "vuj",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "вуй"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "oršixuj",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "оршихуй"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "amʹdral",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "амьдрал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beays"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eksistens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tilværelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existéncia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "bytije",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "бꙑтиѥ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "štun",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شتون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "hastí",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "هستي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "wojúd",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "وجود"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "hasti",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "هَسْتی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "vojud",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "وُجود"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "boveš",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "بُوِش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "egzystencja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "istnienie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existență"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "suščestvovánije",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "существова́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "philosophical",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bytijé",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "бытие́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ekzistɛ́ncija",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "экзисте́нция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ástitva",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "अस्तित्व"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "постојање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "битисање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "егзистенција"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "postojanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bitisanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "egzistencija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bytie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bitje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "existencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "existens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tillvaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "kamayhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "kamayrunan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "hasti",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "ҳастӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vujud",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "вуҷуд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "buviš",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "бувиш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "barlıq",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "барлык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "yaşäw",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "яшәү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "wöcüd",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "вөҗүд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-mii-yùu",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "การมีอยู่"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "การมีตัวตน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "varlık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "varoluş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "egzistans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
          "word": "barlyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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    },
    {
      "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": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hŭ́părxĭs",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐς"
    },
    {
      "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": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hastī",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "हस्ती"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vajūd",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वजूद"
    },
    {
      "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": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilvist"
    },
    {
      "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": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an saol"
    },
    {
      "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": "sonzai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "存在"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じつぞん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitsuzon",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "実存"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じつざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitsuzai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "実在"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "alt": "實存",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "siljon",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "실존"
    },
    {
      "alt": "實在",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "siljae",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "실재"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bûn",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "بوون"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "hebûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "wicûd"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "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": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "oršixuj",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "оршихуй"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "amʹdral",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "амьдрал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beays"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eksistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "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": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "bytije",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бꙑтиѥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "štun",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شتون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "hastí",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هستي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wojúd",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وجود"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "hasti",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "هَسْتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "vojud",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "وُجود"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "boveš",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "بُوِش"
    },
    {
      "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": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ástitva",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "अस्तित्व"
    },
    {
      "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": "hasti",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "ҳастӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vujud",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "вуҷуд"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "buviš",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "бувиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "barlıq",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "барлык"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "yaşäw",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "яшәү"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "wöcüd",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "вөҗүд"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-mii-yùu",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "การมีอยู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "การมีตัวตน"
    },
    {
      "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": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "barlyk"
    },
    {
      "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": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekzysténcija",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "екзисте́нція"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hastī",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ہَسْتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vajūd",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وَجُود"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mewjutluq",
      "sense": "state of being, existing, or occurring",
      "word": "مەۋجۇتلۇق"
    },
    {
      "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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  "msg": "existence/English/noun: invalid uppercase tag Egyptian-Arabic not in or uppercase_tags",
  "path": [],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "existence",
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