being; beingness; existence
the state or fact of existing
"a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
Antonym:
nonbeing
nonexistence; nonentity
Type of:
state
Types:
actuality
eternity; timelessness; timeless existence
preexistence
coexistence
subsistence
presence
life
animation; life; living; aliveness
life
transcendence; transcendency
possibility; possibleness
WordNet Lexical Database
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