to exist
- verb
- /ɪɡˈzɪst/
- It does, but they exist in large numbers.
- differences exist
- evidence exists
- already exists
Does that liminal space exist in time and space?
- Does that liminal space exist in time and space?
- Does cause and effect exist if time doesn't exist?
- He says, well, God could exist in three different ways.
- There was no, these phones didn't exist when I went in.
- I don't know, because it doesn't exist on physical media.
- In fact, it really hasn't existed since the Great Depression.
- It's a land that God, if he exists, has created in anger.
- The sentimental value is a value that exists in your mind.
- So all the problems that we're struggling with existed forever.
- So they kind of exist in both states.
- So lipase is an enzyme that exists to digest fats.
- It's so simple to show that if photons exist, you lose predictability.
- And I say, if this thing did not exist, would we be OK?
- But I do believe that we exist in multiple forms.
- I think, wow, people like that exist and leave it at that.
Examples
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But if such a book exists, what would it contain?
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A range of other arrangements now exist in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
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I think, wow, people like that exist and leave it at that.
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So they kind of exist in both states.
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But the past no longer exists for you and me.
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Six weeks ago I had no idea you existed, and there you were.
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- Do they know this film exists?
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At that point, human beings began to exist sometime later.
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Yes, it would be great, but these stories don't exist on any major scale yet.
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Many ancient creatures still exist today, showing that life can endure through ages.
Synonyms
Exist in a place or state
Antonyms
How Present
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word exist comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and sistere 'to stand'. So to exist is like 'standing out' into the world, meaning to be real or present.