Dictionary entries for 'existing'

Synonyms

ex·ist (ĭg-zĭst́)

[Latin existere, exsistere, to come forth, be manifest, ex-, ex-, + sistere, to stand.]

intransitive verb: -ist·ed, -ist·ing, -ists.

To have actual being; be real.
To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed.
To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist.
To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas.
To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur: “Wealth and poverty exist in every demographic category” (Thomas G. Exter)