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Definitions for Exist

[1] to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
[2] to have life or animation; live.
[3] to continue to be or live: Belief in magic still exists.
[4] to have being in a specified place or under certain conditions; be found; occur: Hunger exists in many parts of the world.
[5] to achieve the basic needs of existence, as food and shelter: He's not living, he's merely existing.
[6] to have being or reality; to be
[7] to eke out a living; stay alive; survive I can barely exist on this wage
[8] to be living; live
[9] to be present under specified conditions or in a specified place sharks exist in the Pacific
[10] 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

Words related to Exist

lie, remain, stay, live, continue, stand, survive, happen, prevail, occur, endure, reside, dwell, breathe, be, last, move, obtain, abide, subsist

Words nearby Exist

exilarch, exile, exilic, eximious, exine, exist, existence, existence theorem, existent, existential, existential psychology

Origin of Exist

1595–1605; < Latin ex(s)istere to exist, appear, emerge, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + sistere to stand

Other words from Exist

ex·ist·er , noun
non·ex·ist·ing , adjective
un·ex·ist·ing , adjective

Word origin for Exist

C17: from Latin exsistere to step forth, from ex- 1 + sistere to stand

Synonyms for Exist

continue, endure, happen, lie, live, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive, abide, be, breathe, last, move, obtain, subsist, be extant, be latent, be present