Exist

Definition: Exist

Exist

Verb

1. Have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?".

2. Support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Exist \Ex*ist"\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Existed; present participle verb or noun Existing.]. (references)

EXIST

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Exist

Existence

Verb: exist, be; have being; Noun: subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur; (event); have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.

Inexistence

Verb: not exist; have no existence; be null and void; cease to exist; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct; Adjective: die out; disappear; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die.

Presence

Verb: exist in space, be present; Adjective: assister; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.

Crosswords: Exist

Let me see if I've got this: The third story on the news tonight was that someone I didn't know 13 years ago, when I wasn't President, participated in a demonstration where no laws were being broken in protest of something that so many people were against it doesn't exist anymore (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Or that He simply doesn´t exist at all, and that we created Him, so that we wouldn't have to feel so small and lonely (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

It doesn't exist. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

She seems to exist on a diet of fresh air and bonking (Peter's Friends; writing credit: Martin Bergmann and Rita Rudner.)

It's hard to tell if I exist (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Wishing that heroes, they truly exist (Oops!... I Did It Again; performing artist: Britney Spears)

I know heaven must exist (I Could Not Ask for More; performing artist: Edwin McCain)

He's the only reason we exist (All Those Years Ago; performing artist: George Harrison)

Or if He really does exist (Alone Again (Naturally); performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The bank of friendship cannot exist for long without deposits. (references; author: unknown)

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist. (references; author: unknown)

True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it does. (references; author: unknown)

Exist (2003)

Tendencies to Exist (1984)

After Cease to Exist (1977)

Cease to Exist No. 1 (1975)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Best Buys and Bargains in Paris: (Yes, They Do Exist!) (reference)

• Did Jesus Exist (reference)

• Letter to a Man in the Fire: Does God Exist and Does He Care? (reference)

• Mail Order: How to Get Your Share of the Hidden Profits That Exist in Your Business (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Day That Doesn't Exist (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Day That Didn't Exist (reference)

• If 21st Century Didn't Exist It Would Be (reference)

• Soundtracks for Movies That Don't Exist Yet [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The CDC moved its location to Clifton Road after construction was completed in 1960. Bldg. 6 will eventually exist in the lower left corner of this photograph. Credit: CDC.

Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from NASA's Hubble ... Credit: NASA.

The Hubble telescope has uncovered surprising evidence that powerful magnetic fields may exist ... Credit: NASA.

Spanning the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side. Credit: NASA.

A mountain of oysters. Where spawning conditions are good, oysters in their natural state will attach themselves, one generation atop another, until great ridges of them exist up to high tide. However, such oysters are poor quality and of little commercial value. By spreading them out and giving them room to grow, the quality can be improved. F&W A-6151. Credit: Fisheries.

Dave Meyer conducts a throw trap sample of high marsh tide pools on the remnant islands of the Poplar Island archipelago. The collection will help to determine the types and number of small fish and invertebrates that use the tide pools. The collection was looking to determine which species exist in the tide pools where there is no threat from predation. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Researchers have developed monoclonal antibodies that detect both Bagesia equii and Babesia caballi. The pathogens cause the disease piroplasmosis, or equine babesiosis, which does not exist in the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

At smaller osmotic pressure long DNA fragments exist in a cholesteric phase, characterised by the cholesteric pitch and pronounced positional disorder. Credit: NICHD.

Supervisory Naval Architect Morton Gertler directs Instrument Maker Carson W. Caudle in preparing a model of the submarine for further tests at the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, 1 March 1956. "This new type of submarine hull design was selected from a systematic series of streamlined bodies developed by Mr. Gertler, who also supervised the thorough development testing program that resulted in the hull and appendages as they now exist on the submarine Albacore." (quoted from the original picture caption). Credit: NAVY.

This world cannot exist half slave and half free. Sacrifice for freedom! / John Falter. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. (reference)

In such cases, their acts are his acts; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which executive discretion may be used, still there exists, and can exist, no power to control that discretion. (reference)

Only from the point of view of being the most suffering class does the proletariat exist for them. (reference)

Similarly, she renounces on behalf of herself and her- nationals all rights under any agreements, stipulations or laws which may exist to her benefit with regard to other products of the aforesaid territories. (reference)

Litigation involving pregnancy, which is "capable of repetition, yet evading review," is an exception to the usual federal rule that an actual controversy must exist at review stages, and not simply when the action is initiated. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I refuse to prove that I exist, says God "for proves denies faith and without faith I am nothing". "But," says Man, "the Babel Fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own argument you don't. QED" "Oh, dear", says God, "I hadn't thought of that", and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

And he himself, in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.

Did I exist before my birth

These rights were crushed, because the little worlds could not exist for even a night with such rights alive

We easily come to doubt if they exist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Several methods of screening exist. (references)

Familial patterns of melanoma exist. (references)

Examples of such guidelines already exist. (references)

Business

Import restrictions, such as quotas, do not exist. (references)

Fortunately, well-qualified candidates exist in Romania. (references)

For businesses users a range of fixed rate services exist. (references)

Children

Georgia

Outside of Tbilisi, no such facilities exist. (references)

Andorra

Societal discrimination does exist on a small scale. (references)

Turkmenistan

Out-patient facilities exist in Ashgabat, Yoloten, and Tedjen. (references)

Civil Liberties

Korea

Genuine religious freedom does not exist. (references)

Korea

Several schools for religious education exist. (references)

Oman

Hindu temples also exist on government-provided land. (references)

Discrimination

Tanzania

Religious and ethnic tensions in society continue to exist; however, the Government issued several statements in 2000 encouraging religious and ethnic tolerance during the election campaign. (references)

Economic History

India

No automatic approvals exist. (references)

Croatia

This tax did not exist before. (references)

Human Rights

Sweden

Bail does not exist. (references)

Angola

Provisions for bail exist in the law. (references)

Pakistan

Private jails exist in tribal and feudal areas. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

Few opportunities exist for those who might wish to participate more fully in modern life. (references)

El Salvador

These small indigenous groups exist in the poorest parts of the rural countryside where employment opportunities are few and domestic violence is a problem. (references)

Malaysia

However, in a landmark judgement in May, the High Court in the provincial capital of Kuching, Sarawak, ruled that native customary rights of the indigenous people of Sarawak do not exist because of statute; rather, they are historically recognized rights which existed long before independence. (references)

Minorities

Liberia

Some tensions exist between the major religious communities. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Conditions for some are extremely poor, and many rely on begging to exist. (references)

Albania

No recent official statistics exist regarding the size of the various ethnic communities. (references)

Political Economy

URUGUAY

Few significant restrictions exist in services. (references)

NORWAY

No general tax incentives exist to promote investment. (references)

BANGLADESH

Some barriers to U.S. exports or direct investment exist. (references)

Political Rights

Cyprus

Multiparty political systems exist throughout Cyprus. (references)

Guatemala

Several campaigns exist to document citizens, particularly among the illiterate. (references)

Bhutan

Political parties do not exist legally, and the Government discourages their formation as divisive. (references)

Trade

Nicaragua

Few restrictions exist. (references)

Moldova

Certain excise tax exemptions exist. (references)

Kenya

Some negative factors, however, still exist. (references)

Travel

Turkey

Cutting edge medical care does not exist in Turkey. (references)

Maldives

There is a low rate of crime in the Maldives, though petty crime does exist. (references)

Guatemala

Transportation: Taxi transportation facilities exist between the airport and hotels. (references)

Women

Jamaica

A number of active women's rights groups exist. (references)

Trinidad and Tobago

Several active women's rights groups also exist. (references)

Chile

Legal distinctions between the sexes still exist. (references)

Worker Rights

Yemen

Several such agreements exist. (references)

El Salvador

It does not exist in the EPZ's. (references)

Uzbekistan

Independent unions do not exist. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "exist": continue to exist ♦ pre exist ♦ right to exist. Additional references.

Ending with "exist": co-exist.

Afrikaans

bestaan. (various references)

Albanian

ekzistoj (be, inhere, lie, live, obtain, prevail), rroj (dwell, hang out, live, outlast, overlive, subsist), ndodh (become, befall, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, eventuate, fall, fall out, hap, happen, occur, pass, set, transpire), mbahem gjallë (subsist), jetoj (be alive, belong, dwell, grow, inhabit, live, Lodge, reside, see the light, witness), jam (be, be present, get). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يوجد (be, dwell, occur, subsist, there are, work out), ‏كان (be, institute), ‏حيي (bashful, breathe, live, live well, modest, shack), ‏عاش (live, subsist), ‏إحتفظ ببقائه, ‏بقي (abide, be, bide, continue, endure, remain, reside, rest, sit, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, sustain, tarry). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съществувам (be, kick around, live, obtain, subsist), съм (be, figure, go, keep, lie, run), срещам се (converge, cross, forgather, get together, meet, range, see), намирам се (be, come, inhere in, land, lie, seat, sit). (various references)

Chinese 

在 (at, in), 存在 (Existed, Existence, Existing, Presence), 存 (deposit, keep, store, survive). (various references)

Czech

existovat (be, occur, subsist), být (be, subsist), žít (inhabit, live). (various references)

Danish

eksistere. (various references)

Dutch

bestaan (be bold, dare, existence). (various references)

Esperanto

ekzisti. (various references)

Faeroese

vera til. (various references)

Farsi 

موجودبودن , وجودداشتن (Be), زیستن (Be, Live, Shack), بودن (Like, Stand, Tender). (various references)

Finnish

olla olemassa, olla (be, be of, be situated, consist of, lie, occur, stand). (various references)

French

exister. (various references)

Frisian

bestean. (various references)

German

existieren (be alive, be extant, be in existence, subsist, to exist), bestehen (abide, be available, be extant, come through, consist, consists, endure, existence, insist, insistence, overcome, overcoming, pass, passing, persevere, persist, to consists, to exist, withstand, withstanding), leben (be alive, dwell, existence, inhabit, life, life [pl lives], lifetime, live, living, livings, natural, subsist, subsistence, to exist, to live, vitality). (various references)

Greek 

υπάρχω (be in existence, subsist). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחיות (be alive, live, survive), להמצא (be, be available, be discovered, be found, be present, be sufficient, turn out), להיות קים, להיות (be, become, come to pass, happen), להתקים (come true, live, subsist, take place), התקיים (be fulfilled). (various references)

Hungarian

van (be, cross-word puzzles are all the craze, have a couple of drinks, have a dash of tar-brush, have other fish to fry, have sg up one's sleeve, have some spare cash, have subsistence, have the grace to do sg, have the nerve to do sg, is, it is, stood, there are, there is, to answer a question, to be better off, to be friendly disposed, to be in a hole, to be in the family way, to be maxed out, to be on the hook, to be out of sorts, to be reduced to extremes, to be under way, to exist, to hit the ceiling, to hit the roof, to make every endeavour to, to smack of sg, to stand, to stand in need of sg), megvan (to inhere), létezik (be, be in existence, been, consist, have subsistence, live, to be, to exist, to live, was/were), él (be alive, edge, face, have life, live, nib, poignancy, point, to be in easy street, to exist, to lead a dog's life, to live in a small way, to subsist, to wallow in vice). (various references)

Indonesian

terdapat (be found), diri (self, stand), ada (abide, am, are, existing, is, there is). (various references)

Irish

bheith ann. (various references)

Italian

esistere (be, obtain, occurre, subsist). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

居る (to be, to be animate, to exist). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おる (to be, to break, to exist, to fold, to pick flower, to weave), いきる (to exist, to live), いる (to be, to boil down, to broil, to cast, to coin, to come in, to exist, to fire, to flow into, to fry, to get in, to go in, to mint, to need, to parch, to roast, to set, to set in, to shoot), ございます (to be, to exist), だんぜつ (become extinct, break off, cease to exist). (various references)

Korean 

존재하십시요. (various references)

Malagasy

misy. (various references)

Manx

ayn (existence, existent, in, in existence, present). (various references)

Norwegian

eksistere. (various references)

Papiamen

eksistí. (various references)

Pig Latin

existay.(various references)

Polish

istnieć. (various references)

Portuguese

existir (be, dwell, lie, live). (various references)

Romanian

exista (be, breathe, live, obtain, occur, prevail, run). (various references)

Russian 

существовать (be, exists, live, prevail, subsist), жить (be alive, bide, breathe, draw breath, dwell, get along, house, inhabit, live, lives, reside), быть (be, be of, been, being, fare, happen, there be), просуществовать, иметься (be, be present). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

postojati (be). (various references)

Spanish

existir (be, feature, occur). (various references)

Sranan

de (be). (various references)

Swedish

vara (article, be, care, commodity, endure, last, make, merchandise, product, suppurate, to be, wares), förefinnas (be found), existera (be, live, subsist). (various references)

Tahitian

vai (to exist). (various references)

Thai

มีชีวิต (live), มีอยู่ (available). (various references)

Turkish

yaşamak (affect, dwell, experience, inhabit, live, subsist, taste), var olmak (be, come into being, consist, subsist), olmak (be, be situated, become, befall, come about, come off, come over, eventuate, fare, get, go, go on, grow, hap, happen, hatch, have, hit, mature, occur, take place, turn), bulunmak (be, be found, be located, be present, be situated, find oneself, have, present, present oneself, reside, stand, turn up). (various references)

Turkmen 

bar. (various references)

Ukrainian

існувати (be, breathe, breathe one's last, live, obtain, prevail, subsist), жити (bide, fare, get along, live, sleep together, tick), бути (be, present). (various references)

Welsh

bodoli. (various references)

consistant, consistens, consistentes, consistere, consisteret, consistite, consistunt, constiterant, exsisto, exta, exteris, extiterint, extiterunt, extitit, intercedat, intercedite, intercessisset, sum fui futurus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "exist": existed, existence, existences, existent, existential, existentialism, existentialisms, existentialist, existentialistic, existentialistically, existentialists, existentially, existents, existing, exists. (additional references)

Words ending with "exist": antisexist, coexist, nonsexist, preexist, sexist. (additional references)

Words containing "exist": antisexists, coexisted, coexistence, coexistences, coexistent, coexisting, coexists, inexistence, inexistences, inexistent, nonexistence, nonexistences, nonexistent, nonexistential, preexisted, preexistence, preexistences, preexistent, preexisting, preexists, sexists. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: axist, eggish, egist, Egisto, ehilst, eist, ekist, elist, epist, erist, excist, exeat, exhi, exhist, exi, exict, exirs, exis, exise, exism, existe, exity, exmist, exost, exs, exsin, exsist, exsit, exst, exus, exust, exy, oxis, oxist, rexits, xis, xist. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: exits, sixte.

-1 letter: exit, sext, site, ties.

-2 letters: its, sei, set, sex, sit, six, tie, tis, xis.

-3 letters: es, et, ex, is, it, si, ti, xi.

+1 letter: axites, exists, ixtles, sexist, sixtes, taxies.

+2 letters: antisex, ataxies, boxiest, coexist, excites, existed, exotics, exotism, exposit, fixates, foxiest, sexiest, sexists, sextain, sextile, sixteen, sixties, taxites, taxwise, toxines, waxiest.

+3 letters: auxetics, bauxites, cathexis, coexists, dextrins, ethoxies, eutaxies, exciters, excitons, excitors, exhibits, existent, existing, exitless, exorcist, exotisms, expiates, exploits, exposits, extincts, fixities, fixtures, flaxiest, geotaxis, intersex, laxities, mastixes, matrixes, mixtures, oxidates, preexist, quixotes, saxatile, sextains, sextarii, sextiles, sixteens, sixtieth, textiles, toxemias, ulexites.