Definitions
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 existsnow
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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Examples
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It would be a very effectual one, if, instead of the title existing in our treasury books alone, it was made to exist in loose papers, as our loan office debts do.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Thomas Jefferson 1784
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It would be a very effectual one, if, instead of the title existing in our treasury books alone, it was made to exist in loose papers, as our loan office debts do.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Fox wants to cut our salaries in half because it says it can't afford to continue making the show under what it calls the existing business model.
The Simpsons' Harry Shearer: I'm Willing to Take a 70 Percent Pay Cut in Exchange for Profits 2011
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The things which I call existing are those which can be seen or touched; as a farm, a house, a wall, a gutter, a slave, an ox, furniture, provisions, and so on; of which kind of things some require at times to be defined by us.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The sheep was unknown to native races in this pastureless land, and, though introduced by the earliest colonists, is still spoken of as "the Dutch goat," no other term existing for it in Malay parlance.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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Kohl slammed the cable industry for price increases and what he called existing obstacles to competitors 'access to programming.
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Kohl slammed the cable industry for price increases and what he called existing obstacles to competitors 'access to programming.
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Kohl slammed the cable industry for price increases and what he called existing obstacles to competitors 'access to programming.
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Kohl slammed the cable industry for price increases and what he called existing obstacles to competitors 'access to programming.
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Kohl slammed the cable industry for price increases and what he called existing obstacles to competitors 'access to programming.
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