存在 — meaning in English

English meaning

• be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
• being noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
• exist verb To be real; to have actual being.
• existence noun The fact or state of being real or of occurring.
• life noun The condition of being alive, as opposed to being dead or inanimate.
• nonexistent adjective Not existing; not real.
• presence noun The fact or state of being in a particular place.

Senses

存在 is used for these senses in English:

• be (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
• being The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
• exist (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
• existence (Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
• life (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
• life Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
• nonexistent Not existent or existing; not real.
• presence The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

being — full definition

1. noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
2. noun The state of existing; existence itself.
3. conjunction Given that; since (used to introduce a reason).

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