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Exist

Exist Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Exist? [v] have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [v] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Exist: be \| live \| subsist \| survive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Exist: abide \| abide in \| Be \| be alive \| be animate \| be coextensive with \| be comprised in \| be constituted by \| be contained in \| be extant \| be found \| be in existence \| be located \| be met with \| be present \| be present in \| be situated \| be the case \| be there \| bide \| breathe \| carry on \| consist in \| continue \| continue to be \| defeat time \| defy time \| draw breath \| dwell \| dwell in \| endure \| exist in \| extend \| fetch breath \| get along \| get by \| go on \| happen \| happen to be \| have being \| have life \| have place \| hold \| hold on \| hold out \| indwell \| inhabit \| inhere \| inhere in \| keep \| keep on \| last \| last long \| last out \| lie \| lie in \| live \| live and breathe \| live on \| live through \| maintain \| move \| obtain \| occur \| perdure \| perennate \| persist \| prevail \| remain \| repose in \| reside \| reside in \| respire \| rest in \| run \| run on \| stand \| stay \| stay on \| subsist \| subsist in \| survive \| sustain \| tarry \| tide over \| walk the earth \| wear \| wear well See Also \| belong \| breathe \| coexist \| come \| consist \| drift \| dwell \| endanger \| flow \| freewheel \| hold \| imperil \| indwell \| jeopardise \| jeopardize \| kick about \| kick around \| knock about \| lie \| lie in \| menace \| obtain \| peril \| preexist \| prevail \| threaten Exist In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Existed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Existing}.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. --Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. --South. 2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign. 3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land. Syn: See {Be}.

Exist Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exist?

[v] have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
[v] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Exist: be | live | subsist | survive

Exist In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Existed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Existing}.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth,
emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to
set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F.
exister. See {Stand}.]
1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or
   real being, whether material or spiritual.

         Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never
         did exist.                            --Swift.

         To conceive the world . . . to have existed from
         eternity.                             --South.

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

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

Syn: See {Be}.

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