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exist
[ ig-zist ]
verb (used without object)
- to have actual being; be:
The world exists, whether you like it or not.
- to have life or animation; live.
- to continue to be or live:
Belief in magic still exists.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to have being in a specified place or under certain conditions; be found; occur:
Hunger exists in many parts of the world.
- to achieve the basic needs of existence, as food and shelter:
He's not living, he's merely existing.
exist
/ ɪɡˈɪ /
verb
- to have being or reality; to be
- to eke out a living; stay alive; survive
I can barely exist on this wage
- to be living; live
- to be present under specified conditions or in a specified place
sharks exist in the Pacific
- philosophy
- to be actual rather than merely possible
- to be a member of the domain of some theory, an element of some possible world, etc
- to have contingent being while free, responsible, and aware of one's situation
Derived Forms
- ˈپԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exist1
Example Sentences
Tenement housing, where families packed as many people as possible into apartments by using cheap materials to create walls or add floors to existing buildings, quickly dominated parts of the city.
It used to be that academia was the equivalent of a convent, where the nuns and monks went to do their thinking, and even that doesn’t exist anymore.
“Zero customer-facing representatives been let go,” the agency said, noting that it continued to “move employees from non-mission critical positions to bolster the ranks of our existing, dedicated frontline employees to serve the public.”
Reciprocal would mean they were based on the amount countries charge the US in the form of existing tariffs, plus the cost of meeting non-tariff barriers such as regulations.
It is very difficult and very expensive to get blast furnaces running again once they have been turned off, which would make the Scunthorpe site's existing vulnerability even more perilous.
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