Existence Continued ɪɡˈzɪstəns Independent I Oldest Hebrew Manuscript

• i was unaware of his existence until today.
• this is the oldest hebrew manuscript in existence.
• pakistan came into existence as an independent country in 1947.
• a crisis that threatens the industry’s continued existence

existence

1. the state or fact of being real or living or of being present
• I was unaware of his existence until today.
• This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence.
• Pakistan came into existence as an independent country in 1947.
• a crisis that threatens the industry’s continued existence
2. a way of living especially when this is difficult or boring
• The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment.
• We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.
• They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on).
• The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (= in order to continue to live).

Extra Examples

• Christianity taught that our earthly existence was merely a preparation for life after death.
• Climate changes threaten the continued existence of the species.
• 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.
• He didn’t believe in the existence of God.
• He lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London.
• He wanted to end his existence once and for all.
• How do you explain the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations?
• If you jump into a black hole you will get torn apart and crushed out of existence.
• Let’s battle on to maintain our existence.
• Scientists were able to verify the existence of this particle.
• She had lived such a sheltered existence.
• She questioned the existence of God.
• Since her illness, other people had become shadowy and had no real existence for her.
• 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.
• The idea of God in nature has been in existence for as long as human beings have worshipped.
• The mere existence of these strange creatures fascinated him.
• The organization came into existence ten years ago.
• The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence.
• The school owed its existence to the generosity of one man.
• The theory assumes the existence of a ‘meritocracy’—that there is equal opportunity for all.
• There is research that strongly supports the existence of repressed memories.
• There was a fear that the club might go out of existence for lack of support.
• They are striving to bring into existence a new kind of society.
• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
• Throughout its entire existence, it has been a deeply contested concept.
• What are the chances of these molecules springing spontaneously into existence?
• a comfortable middle-class existence
• a virtual world that has no real existence
• any organism capable of independent existence
• his yearning for a more meaningful existence
• over the course of his company’s 20-year existence
• the mystery of human existence
• the nature and significance of the temporal mode of existence
• the only instrument of its kind in existence
• the possible existence of life beyond Earth
• the transition from one mode of existence to another
• Pakistan came into existence as an independent country after the war.
• The crisis threatens the industry’s continued existence.
• The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped and noisy apartment.
• The government sought to cast doubt on the very existence of a global warming problem.
• This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in 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’.