English Explanatory Dictionary

exist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to be; have existence; have being or reality

Pronunciation

/ɛɡˈzɪst/ /ɪɡˈzɪst/ en-us-exist.ogg

Word forms

exist exists existing existed no-table-tags glossary existest existedst existeth

Etymology

From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.

Synonyms

be be a thing consist exist

Antonyms

cease unexist void

Related words

existence existent existential there be there exist entity

Derived words

coëxist coexist existability existable existible existless inexist postexist preexist superexist there exist unexist
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