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    exist
    /ɪɡˈzɪst/

    verb

    • 1. have objective reality or being: "dossiers existed on almost everyone of prominence" Similar livebe alivebe livinghave life
    • 2. live, especially under adverse conditions: "a minority of people exist on unemployment benefit alone" Similar survivesubsistlivestay alive

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  2. 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)

  3. The meaning of EXIST is to have real being whether material or spiritual. How to use exist in a sentence.

  4. Exist definition: to have actual being; be. See examples of EXIST used in a sentence.

  5. 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 /

  6. Definition of exist verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. 1. to have being or reality; to be. 2. to eke out a living; stay alive; survive: I can barely exist on this wage. 3. to be living; live. 4. to be present under specified conditions or in a specified place: sharks exist in the Pacific. 5. (Philosophy) philosophy. a. to be actual rather than merely possible.

  8. 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)

  9. 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.

  10. exist meaning, definition, what is exist: to happen or be present in a particular ...: Learn more.

  11. the state of being real, or of being known or recognized: During the first few years of its existence, the theater had no permanent home. existence noun (PRESENCE) [ U ] the state of being present or of being a condition: the existence of poverty. existence noun (WAY OF LIVING) [ C usually sing ] a way of living, esp. a difficult one: