Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having life or being; existing. synonym: real.
- adjective Occurring or present at the moment; current.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Existing; having existence.
- noun That which exists, or has actual being.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.
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- adjective
existing ;having life orbeing ,current ;occurring now - noun archaic a
being orentity thatexists independently
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
- adjective being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
- adjective having existence or being or actuality
Etymologies
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Examples
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Every existent is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness and dies by chance.
Being And Nothingness (L’Être et le Néant) | clusterflock 2009
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Which rights are “fundamental” or even existent is entirely subjective.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why do Libertarians Like Federalism? 2010
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Even if the human factors involved in global warming are minimal or non-existent, is it such a terrible thing to ask people to pollute a little less?
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Then again, some of them were almost non-existent from the get-go.
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Unfortunately for Sarah, her credibility to lead among independents and other voters remains non-existent, which is good news for us, at least for 2012.
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The substratum is the cause of a thing's being or existence; the process of shaping or forming is the cause of its being a particular kind of being or existent, that is, of its having one set of qualities rather than another.
Concepts of God Wainwright, William 2006
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In the same way those who say the One or the existent is the good, say that it is the cause of substance, but not that substance either is or comes to be for the sake of this.
Metaphysics Aristotle 2002
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Whatever has been called existent and non-existent, whatever is manifest and not-manifest, whatever is destructible and indestructible, all have me for their soul.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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This is by definition a necessary existent, which is the cause of the existence of everything else.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907
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Their respective views of the origin of the world are determined by their opinions concerning the principles of existence and the existent, that is, the fundamental principles of physics and metaphysics.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907
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