Existence | Mean of existence in English Dictionary

/ɪgˈzɪstəns/

• Noun
• the state of existing: such as
• the fact of having actual being
1. the existence of ghosts
2. She began to doubt the existence of God.
3. the largest animal/building in existence [=the largest animal/building that exists]
4. We shouldn't deny the existence of these problems. [=we shouldn't deny that these problems are present or real]
5. long before the country had come into existence [=begun to exist; come to have actual being]
6. The company has since gone out of existence. [=it no longer exists]
• the state of continuing to be or to live
1. The organization is engaged in a struggle for (its) existence.
2. I owe my very existence [=life] to their courage. [=I am alive because of their courage]

• a particular way of living
1. They enjoyed a comfortable existence.
2. They pursued their meager existence in a poor rural area.