exist
English
Etymology
From French exister, from Latin existō (“to stand forth, come forth, arise, be”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”), caus. of stare (“to stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɪst/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪst
Verb
exist (third-person singular simple present exists, present participle existing, simple past and past participle existed)
- (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
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- While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of exist
infinitive | (to) exist | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | exist | existed | |
2nd-person singular | exist, existest† | existed, existedst† | |
3rd-person singular | exists, existeth† | existed | |
plural | exist | ||
subjunctive | exist | existed | |
imperative | exist | — | |
participles | existing | existed |
†Archaic or obsolete.
Synonyms
- be; See also Thesaurus:exist
Derived terms
- coexist
- preexist
- there exist
Related terms
- existence
- existent
- existential
Translations
to be
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Further reading
- exist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- exist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- exits, sixte
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eɡˈzist]
Verb
exist
- first-person singular present indicative of exista: I exist
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exista