Noun existence has 2 senses
  1. being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
    --1 is a kind of state
    Antonyms: nonexistence, nonentity
    --1 has particulars:
     actuality; eternity, timelessness, timeless existence; preexistence; coexistence; subsistence; presence; life; animation, life, living, aliveness; life; transcendence, transcendency; possibility, possibleness
    Derived form: verb exist1
  2. universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
    --2 is a kind of natural object
    --2 has parts:
     celestial body, heavenly body; extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body
    --2 has members: galaxy, extragalactic nebula
    --2 has particulars: closed universe; natural order; nature
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