Definitions for EXIST
ɪgˈzɪstex·ist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exist, beverb

   have an existence, be extant

   "Is there a God?"

2. exist, survive, live, subsistverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. existverb

   to be; have existence; have being or reality

2. Etymology: From existo, from ex + sistere, caus. of stare; see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXISTverb

   To be; to have a being.

   Etymology: existo, Latin.

   It is as easy to conceive that an infinite Almighty Power might produce a thing out of nothing, and make that to exist de novo, which did not exist before; as to conceive the world to have had no beginning, but to have existed from eternity. Robert South, Sermons.

   It seems reasonable to enquire, how such a multitude comes to make but one idea, since that combination does not always exist together in nature. John Locke.

   One year is past; a different scene!
   No farther mention of the dean:
   Who now, alas, no more is mist
   Than if he never did exist. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exist

   To exist means to have objective reality or being; to be actual or real; to live at a certain time or place. It can also mean having presence in the perceived world, possessing life, consciousness or awareness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Existverb

   to be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual

2. Existverb

   to be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign

3. Existverb

   to live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eXist

   eXist is an open source database management system entirely built on XML technology, also called a native XML database. Unlike most relational database management systems, eXist uses XQuery, which is a W3C Recommendation, to manipulate its data. eXist is released under version 2.1 of the GNU LGPL.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exist

   egz-ist′, v.i. to have an actual being: to live: to continue to be.—n. Exist′ence, state of existing or being: continued being: life: anything that exists: a being.—adjs. Exist′ent, having being: at present existing; Existen′tial. [L. existĕre, exsistĕre—ex, out, sistĕre, to make to stand.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. existnoun

   Sold direct from excluding third person singular present of the first Saint. 1.) have objective reality or being found in a particular place or situation. 2.) Live under adverse conditions benefiting alone with any person's supposed current, future, or past.

   Everything that I need and want exist within my heart.

   Etymology: The Most High

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 4, 2024  

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   exist

   To have reality or life.

   They did exist in a very simple and basic reality.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXIST' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1902

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXIST' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2604

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXIST' in Verbs Frequency: #199

Anagrams for EXIST »

1. sixte

2. exits

How to pronounce EXIST?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXIST in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXIST in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of EXIST in a Sentence

1. Neil Gaiman:

   Fairy tales are more then true, not because they tell us that Dragons exist. But because they tell us Dragons can be beaten.

2. Jeneda Benally:

   This is my desperate attempt to ensure that our culture continues to exist, even though we're losing people, this knowledge still exists. I don't want our people to sink into a depression.

3. Jens Zimmerle:

   What's special about ice wine is that certain conditions must exist in order to press it: one is a minimum temperature of minus 7 degrees Celsius (19.4 degrees Fahrenheit).

4. Jeb Bush:

   Every day that they exist in the form of a caliphate is another day they gain energy, so I think the President needs to acknowledge this is a threat to our national security interests, he needs to create a strategy, he needs to explain to the American people what that strategy, what that objective is, and I believe we need to take out ISIS and create a more stable Iraq and a more stable Syria. American leadership is required for that to happen.

5. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo:

   This idea that only one woman can exist in a space is something that's institutionalized, we wouldn't have this pitting of women against each other if there were multitudes of slots for women to be parts of these spaces.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EXIST
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exist
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=EXIST
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EXIST
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=EXIST
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=EXIST