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FACE OF THE EARTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state or fact of existing
Example:
he appeared on the face of the earth one day
Synonyms:
being; beingness; existence; face of the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("face of the earth" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Attribute:
existent; existing (having existence or being or actuality)
nonexistent (not having existence or being or actuality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "face of the earth"):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
eternity; timeless existence; timelessness (a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife)
preexistence (existing in a former state or previous to something else)
coexistence (existing peacefully together)
subsistence (the state of existing in reality; having substance)
presence (the state of being present; current existence)
life (the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living)
aliveness; animation; life; living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
life (a characteristic state or mode of living)
transcendence; transcendency (a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience)
possibility; possibleness (capability of existing or happening or being true)
