· the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"; "he appeared on the face of the earth one day"
Synonym(s): being, beingness, face_of_the_earth
Hypernym(s): state
Antonym(s): nonexistence
· everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
Synonym(s): universe, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm
Hypernym(s): natural_object