Collocations for existence - noun

actual, real
El Cid''s actual existence is not in doubt. | Since her illness, other people had become shadowy and had no real existence for her.

brief | continued, future | very
The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (= in order to continue to live).

mere
The mere existence of these strange creatures fascinated him.

autonomous, independent, separate
any organism capable of independent existence

human
the mystery of human existence

material, physical | social

be in
The idea of God in nature has been in existence for as long as human beings have worshipped.

come into, spring into
The organization came into existence ten years ago. | What are the chances of these molecules springing spontaneously into existence?

be crushed out of, go out of
If you jump into a black hole you will get torn apart and crushed out of existence. | There was a fear that the club might go out of existence for lack of support.

bring sth into, call sth into
striving to bring into existence a new kind of society

be aware of, know of | be unaware of | assert | assume, postulate, presuppose
The theory assumes the existence of a ‘meritocracy’ - that there is equal opportunity for all.

accept, acknowledge, believe in, recognize
He didn''t believe in the existence of God.

deny | doubt | imply, indicate, suggest | discover, reveal | confirm, demonstrate, establish, prove | disprove | explain
How do you explain the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations?

justify | forget, ignore
The girl''s parents continued to ignore her very existence.

resent
Deep down I resented his existence.

jeopardize, threaten
Climate changes threaten the continued existence of the species.

owe
The school owed its existence to the generosity of one man.

be vital to
A super-efficient sense of smell is no longer vital to our existence.

depend on/upon sth
The company''s existence depends on continued growth.

in ~
the only instrument of its kind in existence

a mode of existence
the nature and significance of the temporal mode of existence

the struggle for existence
Darwin viewed the struggle for existence as being the major promoter of evolution.

bare, frugal, hand-to-mouth, miserable, precarious
He lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London.

comfortable, ordered, peaceful, quiet | dull, humdrum, routine | isolated, lonely, solitary | nomadic | rural, suburban, urban | daily, day-to-day, everyday | previous, prior
He claimed to be able to remember a previous existence.

enjoy, have, lead, live | eke out, endure
They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.