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- Dictionaryexist/ɪɡˈzɪst/
verb
- 1. have objective reality or being: "dossiers existed on almost everyone of prominence" Similar
- 2. live, especially under adverse conditions: "a minority of people exist on unemployment benefit alone" Similar
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to be; have the ability to be known, recognized, or understood: Can the mind exist independently of the body? Programs like Medicaid for the poor did not exist at that time. exist verb [I] (BE PRESENT) to be present or be a condition: Your local agency can tell you if a similar program exists in your community. exist verb [I] (LIVE)
1. a. : to have real being whether material or spiritual. did unicorns exist. the largest galaxy known to exist. b. : to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditions. strange ideas existed in his mind. 2. : to continue to be. racism still exists in society. 3. a. : to have life or the functions of vitality
Exist definition: to have actual being; be. See examples of EXIST used in a sentence.
If something exists, it is present in the world as a real thing. He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist. American English : exist / ɪgˈzɪst /
to be; have the ability to be known, recognized, or understood: Can the mind exist independently of the body? Programs like Medicaid for the poor did not exist at that time. exist verb [I] (BE PRESENT) to be present or be a condition: Your local agency can tell you if a similar program exists in your community. exist verb [I] (LIVE)
intr.v. ex·ist·ed, ex·ist·ing, ex·ists. 1. To have actual being; be real. 2. To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed. 3. To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist. 4. To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas.
The verb exist means to live, to have reality. Dodos no longer exist because they were hunted to extinction. It's not only "live" things that exist. The government exists, as does your fear of heights. Anything that can be acknowledged in the present, exists.
Definition of exist verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
EXIST definition: 1. to be real or present: 2. to live in difficult conditions: . Learn more.
exist meaning, definition, what is exist: to happen or be present in a particular ...: Learn more.
