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existing

existing

1.0
In place now and not new or future
  • adjective
  • /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/
translation icon : existente
  • The team reviewed the existing data to find patterns and improve their strategy.

They were clubs that stood apart from the existing structures of social order.

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Examples

  • I'm just trying to accentuate my existing features.

  • We can start with our theories or our existing models of learning.

  • Each one of these is an existing member.

  • We use some of the the existing sticks.

  • Second, begin to address the existing debts that are there.

  • Only that existing litigation has not gone away.

  • They were clubs that stood apart from the existing structures of social order.

    Big Think

  • It takes existing schools and crushes them down.

    Team Coco

  • The existing laws on pollution need to be updated to reflect current science.

  • We decided to renovate the existing building rather than construct a new one.

Synonyms

current
vsexisting
∞ 1.0

Happening now at this time

is used to mean state now often contrasted with new or future
present
vsexisting
849 1.0

Happening or existing now

is used to stress status now especially against new or future things
present-day
vsexisting
46 3.2

Happening now, not in the past

is used to mark things that are in place now rather than in the future
extant
vsexisting
11 8.6

Still existing and not destroyed or lost

is used to mean status now rather than survival over time
existent
vsexisting
4 6.0

Real and present, not only imagined

is used to stress presence now rather than mere reality status

Antonyms

nonexistent
52 4.8

Not real or present

How Early

long-standing
45 4.1
preexperimental
  • Specialized
7.7
prior
752 2.9
existing
1.0
new
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

existing positive

Morphology

existing = exist (transparent) = exist + ing

A straightforward adjectival/present-participle formation from the verb 'exist'; the meaning 'present or currently in existence' is directly derived and readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Existing comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and sistere 'to stand', and it shares the same root as exist. So, to be existing is to 'stand' into view, which is why it means 'present now' or 'already there'.