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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having existence or being or actuality. Opposite of nonexistent.
  • adjective Present. Opposite of absent.
  • adjective Presently existing.

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  • verb Present participle of exist.
  • adjective that exists, or has existence, especially that exists now

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective existing in something specified
  • adjective having existence or being or actuality
  • adjective presently existing

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