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exist en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ɪɡˈzɪst] weak vowel distinction
• /əɡˈzɪst/ weak vowel merger
• /ɪɡˈzɪst/ weak vowel distinction
• [əɡˈzɪst] weak vowel merger
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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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
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Forms

Antonyms

cease · void · unexist

Deriveds

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

Hyponyms

come into being · persist · prevail · pop up · bring forth · postexist · coexist · happen · be the case · surface · endure · remain · abide · respawn · survive · perdure · spring to life · obtain · emerge · reappear · occur · produce · stay · generate · breathe · continue · appear · create · forthbring · arise · innate · resume · stand · last · live · preexist

Relateds

there exist · entity · existence · existential · existent · there be

Synonyms

consist · be · subsist · exist · be a thing

Translations (120)

mk постои (to be) · sq ekzistoj (to be) · no eksistere (to be) · hu van (to be) · ky бар болуу (to be) · io existar (to be) · fi olla olemassa (to be) · da eksistere (to be) · fo finnast (to be) · ka არსებობა (to be) · yue 存在 (to be) · ang bēon (to be) · sv bestå (to be) · az mövcüd olmaq (to be) · tg зистан (to be) · fi olla (to be) · vo dabinön (to be) · hu létezik (to be) · fo vera (to be) · hy լինել (to be) · ar وُجِدَ (to be) · lad egzistir (to be) · th มีอยู่ (to be) · ang wesan (to be) · da bestå (to be) · vi tồn tại (to be) · bg съществувам (to be) · no bestå (to be) · fa هستادن (to be) · zza estey (to be) · oc existir (to be) · et eksisteerima (to be) · hi अस्तित्व (to be) · sv existera (to be) · tg вуҷуд доштан (to be) · el υπάρχω (to be) · la sum (to be) · sh òpstojati (to be) · af bestaan (to be) · cs existovat (to be) · zza estin (to be) · ia exister (to be) · la exsto (to be) · uz mavjud boʻlmoq (to be) · hy գոյություն ունենալ (to be) · sl obstajati (to be) · de existieren (to be) · sk existovať (to be) · it esistere (to be) · kk бар болу (to be) · lv eksistēt (to be) · sq a (gheg) (to be) · ko 존재(存在)하다 (to be) · hu él (to be) · ta இரு (to be) · qu kay (to be) · gl existir (to be) · el υφίσταμαι (to be) · et olelema (to be) · egy wnn (to be) · pl egzystować (to be) · ca existir (to be) · nci cah (to be) · fa وجود داشتن (to be) · ms wujud (to be) · az var olmaq (to be) · pt existir (to be) · sk jestvovať (to be) · eo ekzisti (to be) · nn finnast (to be) · tr var olmak (to be) · la exsistō (to be) · sh bȉvstvovati (to be) · la exto (to be) · ta உள் (to be) · la compareo (to be) · uz bor boʻlmoq (to be) · km មាន (to be) · fo vera til (to be) · cmn 存在 (to be) · fr exister (to be) · lt egzistuoti (to be) · lv pastāvēt (to be) · da findes (to be) · kmr hebûn (to be) · la consto (to be) · ja 存在する (to be) · pl istnieć (to be) · nci oncah (to be) · he הִתְקַיֵּם (to be) · nl bestaan (to be) · sh póstojati (to be) · sh egzistírati (to be) · be існава́ць (to be) · txg 𗁁 (to be) · cs být (to be) · grc ὑπάρχω (to be) · ast esistir (to be) · la existō (to be) · ru существова́ть (to be) · mt eżista (to be) · wa egzister (to be) · sco exeest (to be) · fa زیستن (to be) · et olemas olema (to be) · mi tiari (to be) · mk егзисти́ра (to be) · nan-hbl 存在 (to be) · lt būti (to be) · cy bodoli (to be) · yi עקסיסטירן (to be) · uk існува́ти (to be) · ast existir (to be) · ga bí ann (to be) · lt gyvuoti (to be) · ro exista (to be) · nb finnes (to be) · de bestehen (to be) · ta நிலவு (to be) · es existir (to be)