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Existent

Existent Meaning & Definition
Existent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Existent?

[adj] presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Existent: active | actual | actualised | actualized | alive(p) | effective | existing | factual | historical | real | very(a)

Related Terms | Find terms related to Existent: aboveground | actual | alive | alive and kicking | among the living | animate | animated | around | as is | being | breathing | capable of life | conscious | contemporaneous | contemporary | current | endowed with life | enlivened | existence | existing | extant | fresh | immanent | immediate | in being | in effect | in existence | in force | in the flesh | individual | inspirited | instant | instinct with life | latest | live | living | long-lived | modern | new | on foot | present | present-age | present-day | present-time | prevalent | quick | running | something | subsistent | subsisting | tenacious of life | that be | that is | thing | topical | under the sun | up-to-date | up-to-the-minute | very much alive | viable | vital | vivified | zoetic

See Also | concrete | echt | extant | genuine | realistic | sincere

Existent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*ist"ent\, a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See {Exist}.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. --Dryden.

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