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existence

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"State of being real"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/Part of speech nounSorted ceeeinstxStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. everything that exists anywhere

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.
  • Fortunate it is for the tranquillity of the new-born infant, if he have any turn for philosophy, that he understands none of the nonsense consecrated by old usage to the commencement of existence.
  • However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

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