Existence ɪɡˈzɪstəns Continued I Industry Depends Noun Unaware

• i was unaware of his existence until today.
• to believe in the existence of god
• the mystery of human existence
• the continued existence of the industry depends on the investment of public money.

existence

1. the state or fact of being real or living or of being present
• OPPOSITE non-existence
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• I was unaware of his existence until today.
• to believe in the existence of God
• the mystery of human existence
• The continued existence of the industry depends on the investment of public money.
• The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (= in order to continue to live).
• The mere existence of these strange creatures fascinated him.
• Some groups in the industry seek to deny the existence of a global warming problem.
• The school owed its existence to the generosity of one man.
• Internet shopping constitutes a threat to the existence of high-street shops.
• The company has been in existence since 1924.
• This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence.
• Pakistan came into existence as an independent country in 1947.
• The book acknowledges the existence of graffiti as an art form.
• Several species are in danger of being hunted out of existence.
• There was a fear that the club might go out of existence for lack of support.

Extra Examples

• Christianity taught that our earthly existence was merely a preparation for life after death.
• Darwin viewed the struggle for existence as being the major promoter of evolution.
• Deep down I resented his existence.
• El Cid's actual existence is not in doubt.
• He claimed to be able to remember a previous existence.
• How do you explain the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations?
• Scientists were able to verify the existence of this particle.
• She questioned the existence of God.
• The company's existence depends on continued growth.
• The girl's parents continued to ignore her very existence.
• The idea has been in existence for centuries.
• There is research that strongly supports the existence of repressed memories.
• Throughout its entire existence, it has been a deeply contested concept.
• his yearning for a more meaningful existence
• the only instrument of its kind in existence
• to prove scientifically the existence or non-existence of ghosts
2. a way of living, especially when this is difficult or boring
• The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment.
• They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on).
• He lives a hand-to-mouth existence (= he has only enough money for basic needs such as food).

Extra Examples

• We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.
• She had lived such a sheltered existence.
• a comfortable middle-class existence

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’.