Definitions for exist
ɪgˈzɪstex·ist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exist, beverb

   have an existence, be extant

   "Is there a God?"

2. exist, survive, live, subsistverb

   support oneself

   "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. existverb

   to be; have existence; have being or reality

2. Etymology: From existo, from ex + sistere, caus. of stare; see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXISTverb

   To be; to have a being.

   Etymology: existo, Latin.

   It is as easy to conceive that an infinite Almighty Power might produce a thing out of nothing, and make that to exist de novo, which did not exist before; as to conceive the world to have had no beginning, but to have existed from eternity. Robert South, Sermons.

   It seems reasonable to enquire, how such a multitude comes to make but one idea, since that combination does not always exist together in nature. John Locke.

   One year is past; a different scene!
   No farther mention of the dean:
   Who now, alas, no more is mist
   Than if he never did exist. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exist

   To exist means to have objective reality or being; to be actual or real; to live at a certain time or place. It can also mean having presence in the perceived world, possessing life, consciousness or awareness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Existverb

   to be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual

2. Existverb

   to be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign

3. Existverb

   to live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eXist

   eXist is an open source database management system entirely built on XML technology, also called a native XML database. Unlike most relational database management systems, eXist uses XQuery, which is a W3C Recommendation, to manipulate its data. eXist is released under version 2.1 of the GNU LGPL.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exist

   egz-ist′, v.i. to have an actual being: to live: to continue to be.—n. Exist′ence, state of existing or being: continued being: life: anything that exists: a being.—adjs. Exist′ent, having being: at present existing; Existen′tial. [L. existĕre, exsistĕre—ex, out, sistĕre, to make to stand.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. existnoun

   Sold direct from excluding third person singular present of the first Saint. 1.) have objective reality or being found in a particular place or situation. 2.) Live under adverse conditions benefiting alone with any person's supposed current, future, or past.

   Everything that I need and want exist within my heart.

   Etymology: The Most High

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 4, 2024  

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   exist

   To have reality or life.

   They did exist in a very simple and basic reality.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'exist' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1902

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'exist' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2604

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'exist' in Verbs Frequency: #199

Anagrams for exist »

1. sixte

2. exits

How to pronounce exist?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exist in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of exist in a Sentence

1. Ken Paxton:

   [T]he United States Supreme Court again ignored the text and spirit of the Constitution to manufacture a right that simply does not exist, … Importantly, the reach of the Court’s opinion stops at the door of the First Amendment and our laws protecting religious liberty.

2. Spencer Kelly:

   Ask a scientist, they will tell you language doesn’t exist.

3. Gareth Price:

   When they arrived last time around, it was after a civil war. There was nothing. Now they're inheriting a system of government that, however imperfect, does exist, the question that no one knows the answer to is how The Taliban conceive of government.

4. Robert Smith:

   Knowing that everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying of the light -- that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense of futility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You can still be aware of it but find a place for it where you can actually exist comfortably and enjoy things.

5. Chris Magnus:

   It’s safe to say what’s going on is a pull factor, which is somewhat ironic given the criticism from some of these same governors involved in this about various pull factors that they claim already exist.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exist
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=exist
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exist
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=exist
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=exist