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exist

  • verb
  • ex·ist
  • /ɪɡˈzɪst/

to be; have existence; have being or reality

Synonyms

  • be

Related words

  • existability
  • existable
  • existible
  • existless
  • inexist
  • postexist
  • superexist
  • unexist
  • coexist
  • preexist
  • there exist

Example sentences

  • “No state has the right to exist.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Can the mind exist without the body?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “The future doesn't exist yet.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "exsisto" (existō, exsistō).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “exist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.