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{
"term": "existence",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state or fact of being real or living or of being present",
"sensetop": "in existenceexistence as something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was unaware of his existence until today."
},
{
"text": "to believe in the existence of God"
},
{
"text": "the mystery of **human existence**"
},
{
"text": "The **continued existence** of the industry depends on the investment of public money."
},
{
"text": "The islanders depend on a good harvest for their **very existence** *(= in order to continue to live)*."
},
{
"text": "The **mere existence** of these strange creatures fascinated him."
},
{
"text": "Some groups in the industry seek to **deny the existence** of a global warming problem."
},
{
"text": "The school owed its existence to the generosity of one man."
},
{
"text": "The company has been in existence since 1924.",
"contextForm": "in existence"
},
{
"text": "This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence."
},
{
"text": "Pakistan **came into existence** as an independent country in 1947.",
"contextForm": "existence as something"
},
{
"text": "The book acknowledges the existence of graffiti as an art form."
},
{
"text": "Several species are in danger of being hunted out of existence."
},
{
"text": "There was a fear that the club might go out of existence for lack of support."
},
{
"text": "Darwin viewed the struggle for existence as being the major promoter of evolution."
},
{
"text": "Deep down I resented his existence."
},
{
"text": "El Cid's actual existence is not in doubt."
},
{
"text": "He claimed to be able to remember a previous existence."
},
{
"text": "How do you explain the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations?"
},
{
"text": "Scientists were able to verify the existence of this particle."
},
{
"text": "The company's existence depends on continued growth."
},
{
"text": "The girl's parents continued to ignore her very existence."
},
{
"text": "The idea has been in existence for centuries."
},
{
"text": "There is research that strongly supports the existence of repressed memories."
},
{
"text": "Throughout its entire existence, it has been a deeply contested concept."
},
{
"text": "his yearning for a more meaningful existence"
},
{
"text": "the only instrument of its kind in existence"
},
{
"text": "to prove scientifically the existence or non-existence of ghosts"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["actual", "real", "possible"],
"verb + existence": ["be in", "have", "come into"],
"existence + verb": ["depend on something", "depend upon something"],
"preposition": ["in existence"],
"phrases": ["the struggle for existence"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a way of living, especially when this is difficult or boring",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The family endured a **miserable existence** in a cramped apartment."
},
{
"text": "They eke out a **precarious existence** *(= they have hardly enough money to live on)*."
},
{
"text": "He lives a **hand-to-mouth existence** *(= he has only enough money for basic needs such as food)*."
},
{
"text": "We led a poor but happy enough existence as children."
},
{
"text": "They had lived such a sheltered existence."
},
{
"text": "a comfortable middle-class existence"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bare", "hand-to-mouth", "meagre/meager"],
"verb + existence": ["enjoy", "have", "lead"],
"phrases": ["a mode of existence"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪstəns/",
"audio": "ex/existence/existence__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪstəns/",
"audio": "ex/existence/existence__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’."
}