English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɪst/
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Verb[edit]
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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Conjugation[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- be; See also Thesaurus:exist
Derived terms[edit]
- coexist
- preexist
- there exist
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- existence
- existent
- existential
Translations[edit]
to be
- Afrikaans: bestaan (af)
- Albanian: ekzistoj (sq)
- Arabic: وُجِدَ (ar) (wujida)
- Armenian: գոյություն ունենալ (goyutʿyun unenal), լինել (hy) (linel)
- Asturian: esistir, existir
- Azerbaijani: var olmaq, mövcüd olmaq
- Belarusian: існава́ць (be) (isnavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: съществувам (bg) (sǎštestvuvam)
- Catalan: existir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 存在 (cyun4 zoi6)
- Mandarin: 存在 (zh) (cúnzài)
- Min Nan: 存在 (zh-min-nan) (chûn-chāi / chûn-chǎi)
- Czech: být (cs), existovat (cs)
- Danish: eksistere (da), bestå (da)
- Dutch: bestaan (nl)
- Egyptian: wnn
- Esperanto: ekzisti (eo)
- Estonian: eksisteerima, olemas olema, olelema
- Faroese: vera (fo), vera til, finnast
- Finnish: olla (fi), olla olemassa
- French: exister (fr)
- Galician: existir (gl)
- Georgian: არსებობა (arseboba)
- German: bestehen (de), existieren (de)
- Greek: υπάρχω (el) (ypárcho), υφίσταμαι (el) (yfístamai)
- Ancient: ὑπάρχω (hupárkhō)
- Hindi: ज़िन्दा होना (zindā honā)
- Hungarian: van (hu), létezik (hu), él (hu)
- Ido: existar (io)
- Interlingua: exister
- Irish: bí ann
- Italian: esistere (it)
- Japanese: 存在する (そんざいする, sonzai suru)
- Kazakh: бар болу (bar bolu)
- Khmer: មាន (km) (mien)
- Korean: 존재(存在)하다 (ko) (jonjaehada)
- Kyrgyz: бар болуу (bar boluu)
- Ladino: egzistir
- Latin: existō (la), exsistō (la), sum (la), exsto (la), consto (la), exto, compareo
- Latvian: eksistēt, pastāvēt
- Macedonian: егзисти́ра impf or pf (egzistíra), постои impf (postoi)
- Malay: wujud (ms)
- Maltese: eżista
- Maori: tiari, tiari
- Nahuatl: oncah, cah
- Norwegian: eksistere (no), bestå (no)
- Occitan: existir (oc)
- Old English: wesan (ang), bēon
- Persian: زیستن (fa) (zistan), وجود داشتن (fa) (vojud dâštan), هستادن (fa)
- Polish: istnieć (pl), egzystować (pl)
- Portuguese: existir (pt)
- Quechua: kay (qu)
- Romanian: exista (ro)
- Russian: существова́ть (ru) (suščestvovátʹ)
- Scots: exeest
- Serbo-Croatian: póstojati (sh), egzistírati (sh), òpstojati (sh), bȉvstvovati (sh)
- Slovak: jestvovať, existovať
- Slovene: obstajati (sl) impf
- Spanish: existir (es)
- Swedish: existera (sv), bestå (sv)
- Tajik: зистан (tg) (zistan), вуҷуд доштан (vujud doštan)
- Tamil: இரு (ta) (iru), (please verify) உளதா (uḷatā), (please verify) நிலவு (ta) (nilavu)
- Thai: มีอยู่ (mii-yùu)
- Turkish: var olmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: існува́ти (uk) (isnuváty)
- Uzbek: mavjud boʻlmoq, bor boʻlmoq
- Vietnamese: tồn tại (vi) (存在)
- Volapük: dabinön (vo)
- Welsh: bodoli (cy)
- Yiddish: עקסיסטירן (eksistirn)
- Zazaki: estin f, estey m
Further reading[edit]
- exist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “exist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
- exits, sixte
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [eɡˈzist]
Verb[edit]
exist
- first-person singular present indicative of exista: I exist
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exista
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
ex·ist
(ĭg-zĭst′)
intr.v. ex·ist·ed, ex·ist·ing, ex·ists
1. To have actual being; be real.
2. To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed.
3. To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist.
4. To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas.
5. To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur: «Wealth and poverty exist in every demographic category» (Thomas G. Exter).
[Latin existere, exsistere, to come forth, be manifest : ex-, ex- + sistere, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
exist
(ɪɡˈzɪst)
vb (intr)
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
b. to be a member of the domain of some theory, an element of some possible world, etc
c. to have contingent being while free, responsible, and aware of one’s situation
[C17: from Latin exsistere to step forth, from ex-1 + sistere to stand]
exˈisting adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ex•ist
(ɪgˈzɪst)
v.i.
1. to have actual being; be.
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.
5. to achieve the basic needs of existence, as food and shelter.
[1595–1605; < Latin ex(s)istere to appear, emerge]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
exist
If something exists, it is actually present in the world.
It is clear that a serious problem exists.
They walked through my office as if I didn’t exist.
When exist has this meaning, don’t use it in a progressive form. Don’t say, for example, ‘It is clear that a serious problem is existing‘.
You also use exist to say that someone manages to live under difficult conditions or with very little food or money.
How can we exist out here?
The whole band exist on a diet of chocolate and crisps.
When exist has this meaning, it can be used in a progressive form.
People were existing on a hundred grams of bread a day.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
exist
Past participle: existed
Gerund: existing
| Imperative |
|---|
| exist |
| exist |
| Present |
|---|
| I exist |
| you exist |
| he/she/it exists |
| we exist |
| you exist |
| they exist |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I existed |
| you existed |
| he/she/it existed |
| we existed |
| you existed |
| they existed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am existing |
| you are existing |
| he/she/it is existing |
| we are existing |
| you are existing |
| they are existing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have existed |
| you have existed |
| he/she/it has existed |
| we have existed |
| you have existed |
| they have existed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was existing |
| you were existing |
| he/she/it was existing |
| we were existing |
| you were existing |
| they were existing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had existed |
| you had existed |
| he/she/it had existed |
| we had existed |
| you had existed |
| they had existed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will exist |
| you will exist |
| he/she/it will exist |
| we will exist |
| you will exist |
| they will exist |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have existed |
| you will have existed |
| he/she/it will have existed |
| we will have existed |
| you will have existed |
| they will have existed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be existing |
| you will be existing |
| he/she/it will be existing |
| we will be existing |
| you will be existing |
| they will be existing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been existing |
| you have been existing |
| he/she/it has been existing |
| we have been existing |
| you have been existing |
| they have been existing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been existing |
| you will have been existing |
| he/she/it will have been existing |
| we will have been existing |
| you will have been existing |
| they will have been existing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been existing |
| you had been existing |
| he/she/it had been existing |
| we had been existing |
| you had been existing |
| they had been existing |
| Conditional |
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| I would exist |
| you would exist |
| he/she/it would exist |
| we would exist |
| you would exist |
| they would exist |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have existed |
| you would have existed |
| he/she/it would have existed |
| we would have existed |
| you would have existed |
| they would have existed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. | exist — have an existence, be extant; «Is there a God?»
come — be found or available; «These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled» preexist — exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time; «Did this condition pre-exist?» indwell — to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle prevail, obtain, hold — be valid, applicable, or true; «This theory still holds» consist, lie in, dwell, lie — originate (in); «The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country» flow — be abundantly present; «The champagne flowed at the wedding» distribute — be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; «Values distribute» inhabit, dwell — exist or be situated within; «Strange notions inhabited her mind» |
| 2. | exist — 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»
breathe — be alive; «Every creature that breathes» freewheel, drift — live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; «My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school» live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go — continue to live through hardship or adversity; «We went without water and food for 3 days»; «These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America»; «The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents»; «how long can a person last without food and water?» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
exist
verb
1. live, be present, be living, last, survive, breathe, endure, be in existence, be, be extant, have breath Many people believe that the Loch Ness Monster does exist.
3. survive, stay alive, make ends meet, subsist, eke out a living, scrape by, scrimp and save, support yourself, keep your head above water, get along or by the problems of having to exist on unemployment benefit
Usage: Although be extant is given as a synonym of exist, according to some, extant should properly only be used where there is a connotation of survival, often against all odds: the oldest extant document dates from 1492. Using extant where the phrase in existence can be substituted, would on this view be incorrect: in existence (not extant) for nearly 15 years, they have been consistently one of the finest rock bands on the planet. In practice, however, the distinct meanings of the two phrases often overlap: these beasts, the largest primates on the planet and the greatest of the great apes, are man’s closest living relatives and the only extant primates with which we share close physical characteristics.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
exist
verb
1. To have being or actuality:
2. To have an inherent basis:
3. To have reality or life:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَعيشيَنْوَجِدُ ،يَتَواجَد، يَكون مَوجوداًيوجدُ
existovat
eksisterefindesoverleve
ekzisti
olla olemassaolla
postojatibivstvovatiegzistiratiopstojati
éllétezikmegélvan
lifavera til
存在する
존재하다
existereexsistere
buvimasegzistuotigyvenimas
eksistēt, būteksistēt, izdzīvot
existovať
obstajatiživeti
existera
มีอยู่จริง
tồn tại
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
exist
[ɪgˈzɪst] vi
(= live) to exist on sth → vivre de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
exist
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
exist
(igˈzist) verb
1. to be something real or actual. Do ghosts really exist?
2. to stay alive; to continue to live. It is possible to exist on bread and water.
exˈistence noun
1. the state of existing. He does not believe in the existence of God; How long has this rule been in existence?
2. (a way of) life. an uneventful existence.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
exist
→ يوجدُ existovat eksistere existieren υπάρχω existir olla olemassa exister postojati esistere 存在する 존재하다 bestaan eksistere zaistnieć existir существовать existera มีอยู่จริง var olmak tồn tại 存在
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
exist
vi. existir, ser, vivir; subsistir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
существовать, быть, находиться, жить, иметься, просуществовать
глагол ↓
- быть, существовать
Does life exist on Mars? — Есть ли жизнь на Марсе? 
there exists a number of books on the subject — по этому вопросу имеется ряд книг
- жить, существовать
we cannot exist without air — без воздуха жить нельзя
to exist on a salary — жить на зарплату
he is able to exist on very little — он может прожить на самые скромные средства
how do they exist in such conditions? — как они живут /существуют/ в таких условиях?
- иметься, встречаться, находиться
lime exists in many soils — известь встречается во многих почвах
fats exist in milk — молоко содержит жиры
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
a swindle that involved selling a lot of land that really didn’t exist — мошенничество, связанное с продажей большого количества земли, которой на самом деле не существовало
the enormous volcanoes known to exist on Mars — огромные вулканы, которые, как известно, существуют на Марсе
to cease to exist — прекратить существование
to exist on bread and water — жить на хлебе и воде
cease to exist — прекращать существование
a case exist for revision of tariffs — есть соображения в пользу пересмотра пошлин
type of climate ice which glaciers can exist — тип климата, при котором могут существовать ледники
does not exist — не существует
exist copiously in — присутствовать в большом количестве в
exist in the plasma state — существовать в состоянии плазмы; существовать в виде плазмы
exist on a salary — жить на зарплату
exist vegetably without interests or friends — жить растительной жизнью, без интересов, без друзей; жить без интересов
Примеры с переводом
Does life exist on Mars?
Есть ли жизнь на Марсе?
We cannot exist without oxygen.
Мы не можем существовать без кислорода.
Strange ideas existed in his mind.
Ему в голову приходили странные мысли.
Unfortunately, violence still exists in our life.
К сожалению, в нашей жизни всё ещё существует насилие.
We exist only as we energize.
Мы существуем только тогда, когда активно действуем.
Do fairies really exist?
Существуют ли феи на самом деле?
Did unicorns ever exist?
Существовали ли когда-нибудь единороги?
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…noted that the paparazzi are vultures who could not exist without the connivance of the tabloid-buying public… 
…a strict sect that believes that fellowship with gentiles should exist only for the purposes of conversion…
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Возможные однокоренные слова
existence — существование, наличие, бытие, жизнь, существо, житие, все существующее
existent — существующий, наличный, происходящий
existing — существующий, имеющийся
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: exist
he/she/it: exists
ing ф. (present participle): existing
2-я ф. (past tense): existed
3-я ф. (past participle): existed
Other forms: existing; existed; exists
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. Another meaning for the verb exist is to support oneself or survive. If someone doesn’t have a job, they may have to exist on unemployment benefits until they find one.
Definitions of exist
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verb
have an existence, be extant
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synonyms:
be
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come
be found or available
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preexist
exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time
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kick about, kick around, knock about
be around; be alive or active
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coexist
exist together
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indwell
to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
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hold, obtain, prevail
be valid, applicable, or true
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consist, dwell, lie, lie in
originate (in)
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endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten
pose a threat to; present a danger to
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flow
be abundantly present
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distribute
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
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dwell, inhabit
exist or be situated within
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coexist
coexist peacefully, as of nations
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co-occur, coincide, cooccur
go with, fall together
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“he could barely
exist on such a low wage”-
synonyms:
live, subsist, survive
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endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive
continue to live through hardship or adversity
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endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive
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- exist
- ɪɡˈzɪst гл.
1) а) существовать;
иметься в природе (by, on) , жить I exist by what I think… and I can’t stop myself from thinking. ≈ Я существую, потому что думаю… и никак не могу перестать думать. to exist on bread and water ≈ жить на хлебе и воде Did unicorns ever exist? ≈ Существовали ли когда-нибудь вообще единороги? Syn : be, live, subsist Ant : die б) быть, появляться, возникать Strange ideas existed in his mind. ≈ Странные идеи приходили ему в голову.
2) продолжать иметь место, продолжать находиться Unfortunately, violence still exists in our life. ≈ К сожалению, насилие все еще существует в нашей жизни.
3) а) выживать We cannot exist without oxygen. ≈ Мы бы не смогли выжить без кислорода. б) разг. влачить жалкое существование
быть, существовать — does life * on Mars? есть ли жизнь на Марсе? — there *s a number of books on the subject по этому вопросу имеется ряд книг жить, существовать — we cannot * without air без воздуха жить нельзя — to * on a salary жить на зарплату — he is able to * on very little он может прожить на самые скромные средства — how do they * in such conditions? как они живут /существуют/ в таких условиях? иметься, встречаться, находиться — lime *s in many soils известь встречается во многих почвах — fats * in milk молоко содержит жиры
exist быть ~ разг. влачить жалкое существование ~ иметься ~ находиться, быть;
lime exists in many soils известь встречается во многих почвах ~ существовать;
жить ~ существовать
~ находиться, быть;
lime exists in many soils известь встречается во многих почвах
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EXist — Логотип eXist eXist СУБД с открытым исходным кодом, полностью основанная на технологии XML. В отличие от большинства систем управления базами данных, eXist использует XQuery, язык, который является рекомендацией консорциума W3C. Ссылки… … Википедия
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EXist — steht für: EXist (Datenbank), eine native XML Datenbank EXist (Förderprogramm), ein Förderprogramm des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bez … Deutsch Wikipedia
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exist — [eg zist′, igzist′] vi. [Fr exister < L existere, exsistere, to come forth, stand forth < ex , out + sistere, to cause to stand, set, place, caus. of stare, STAND] 1. to have reality or actual being; be 2. to occur or be present [the… … English World dictionary
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Exist — may refer to:*eXist, an open source database management system built on XML *existence … Wikipedia
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exist — c.1600, from Fr. exister (17c.), from L. existere/exsistere to step out, stand forth, emerge, appear; exist, be (see EXISTENCE (Cf. existence)). The late appearance of the word is remarkable [OED]. Related: Existed; existing … Etymology dictionary
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exist — [v1] be living abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive; concept 407 Ant. die exist [v2] get along in life consist, dwell … New thesaurus
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exist — ► VERB 1) have objective reality or being. 2) live, especially under adverse conditions. 3) be found: two conflicting stereotypes exist … English terms dictionary