Collocations for "existence"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "existence" in context.
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existence
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- its existence has been [known, hypothesized] for some time (now)
- its existence has been confirmed (since)
- its existence is [doubted, questioned]
- confirmed the existence of
- the existence of [God, subatomic particles]
- contemplate your existence
- came into existence [in, by]
- has been in existence since [the 1900's]
- are [plenty, few] in existence
- was never aware of its existence
- the [species', animal's] existence is threatened (by)
- [proved, demonstrated] its existence (by)
- its mere existence [proves, suggests]
- must have [been, happened] in a previous existence
- leads a [frugal, miserable] existence
'existence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acknowledge
- admit
- alien
- already
- also
- clean
- comfortable
- dead
- discover
- dispute
- doubt
- doubtful
- drab
- dreary
- entire
- eternity
- evidence
- former
- future
- hereafter
- holy
- isolated
- material
- meaningless
- meek
- mindful
- miserable
- modest
- monk
- mundane
- null
- objective
- plane
- preclude
- prior
- proof
- prove
- reveal
- routine
- slow
- spring
- suggest
- unaware
- usher
- vain
- vanilla
- will
- wretched