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Definitions for existent
ɪgˈzɪs təntex·is·tent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. real, existentadjective

    being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

    "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

  3. actual, existentadjective

    presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

    "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"

Wiktionary

  1. existentnoun

    a being or entity that exists independently

  2. existentadjective

    existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

  3. Etymology: From existens, from existere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Existentadjective

    In being; in possession of being or of existence.

    Etymology: from exist.

    Whatsoever sign the sun possessed, whose recess or vicinity defineth the quarters of the year, those seasons were actually existent. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. vi. c. 2.

    The eyes and minds are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. existent

    Existent refers to something that currently exists, has reality or being, or is present in the real world. It can denote a person, thing, or a state that is recognized or acknowledged to be real or factual.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Existentadjective

    having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place

  2. Etymology: [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of existent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of existent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of existent in a Sentence

  1. Peter Cecchini:

    We think there will selling of banks over the course of 2016, with corporate credit secondary market liquidity non-existent and with wage growth absent, bank lending standards are likely to tighten, not loosen.

  2. Andrew Teem:

    Right now we're experiencing total inundation of areas that previously were not vulnerable to normal tides, we're getting something called King Tides -- extremely high tides. These were non-existent when I was a boy.

  3. Carlos Curbelo:

    I don't see any serious plan or strategy to grow the party in urban America, and I see very limited effort to grow the party among the Hispanic community which was a major priority during the George W. Bush years and even afterwards during the Obama presidency. That is now virtually non-existent.

  4. Simon Newell:

    For some, continuing life-sustaining treatment is simply prolonging suffering in the face of the inevitable, for (some) babies, no treatment is going to cure them and their quality of life is non-existent.

  5. Todd Hennis:

    All of these discharges were minimal or non-existent until Sunnyside.

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