existence

 
Pronunciation: /ɪgˈzɪst(ə)ns, ɛg-/

noun

[mass noun]
  • the fact or state of living or having objective reality: the organization has been in existence for fifteen years
  • continued survival: she kept the company alive when its very existence was threatened
  • [count noun] a way of living: our stressed-out urban existence
  • [count noun] (in certain beliefs) any of a person’s successive earthly lives: a person may be reaping the consequences of evil deeds sown in previous existences
  • all that exists: he believed in the essential unity of all existence
  • [count noun] archaic something that exists; a being.

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'

Spelling help

The ending of existence is spelled -ence.