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# existence

«existence» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being real or being alive; the fact that something exists** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (existence, existences)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being real or being alive; the fact that something exists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#m1)

2) A way of living, especially a hard or dull one: «a lonely existence». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#m2)

3) The phrase "in existence" means existing anywhere at all in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science: «the existence of dinosaurs is proved by fossils». In everyday speech: «come into existence» (start), «go out of existence» (end). In stories: «a miserable existence» describes a hard life.

### examples

- Scientists proved the existence of the planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x1)
- Fossils show the existence of dinosaurs long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x2)
- The club came into existence when we were in Year 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x3)
- The poor mouse led a lonely existence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x4)
- Do you believe in the existence of ghosts? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x5)
- Some animals are fighting for their existence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x6)
- This must be the best watering-place in existence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable. Spelling trap: existence ends in -ence, not -ance. Verb: exist; adjective: existing. «In existence» = existing now.

### In the corpora

- [The liar's dividend means people use the existence of fakes to deny things that really happened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «existence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/existence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.