What does existing mean?

Definitions for existing
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. existingadjective

    presently existing

    "the existing system"

  2. existent, existingadjective

    having existence or being or actuality

    "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"

  3. existingadjective

    existing in something specified

    "depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream"

Wiktionary

  1. existingadjective

    that exists, or has existence, especially that exists now

ChatGPT

  1. existing

    Existing refers to something that presently exists or is currently in existence. It implies that something is real, tangible, or observable in the present moment. Existing can also refer to the state of being alive or having a physical presence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Existing

    of Exist

Editors Contribution

  1. existingverb

    Verb form of the word exist.

    The house was existing in a beautiful field.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'existing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1074

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'existing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1355

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'existing' in Adjectives Frequency: #132

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of existing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of existing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of existing in a Sentence

  1. Kara Stein:

    The rule would include many of the website disclosure requirements that are in existing orders such as disclosing the ETFs current net asset value per share, market price, and premium or discount - each as of the prior business day.

  2. Norm Eisen:

    Even if those documents are from the Trump administration, I think if you gave it to Jack Smith, you'd be sending a signal that, you know, it is of a commensurate seriousness as the Trump matter, and it's not, if Garland gives the Pence case to any existing special counsel, it would be to Hur because the Biden case feels much more comparable to the Pence case.

  3. Tapio Schneider:

    Humans experience heat stress at lower wet bulb temperatures too, and the degree to which they can survive such heat stress does depend on fitness, age, and pre-existing conditions.

  4. John Thune:

    Iowa Democrats could reinforce( the existing record) or put a different context on it, but if we call Iowa Democrats in then Iowa Democrats will want to call other people in -- Mulvaney or State Mike Pompeo -- then our side would want to call more people in.

  5. Don Lemon:

    The president says the GOP is going to be the party of health care, then why is his Justice Department saying the Affordable Care Act should be struck down? The president has said again and again that he wanted to protect pre-existing conditions. Is this yet another lie from the president?

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