exist

intr.v., -ist·ed, -ist·ing, -ists.

1. To have actual being; be real.
2. To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed.
3. To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist.
4. To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas.
5. To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur: "Wealth and poverty exist in every demographic category" (Thomas G. Exter).

[Latin existere, exsistere, to come forth, be manifest : ex-, ex- + sistere, to stand.]

verb

1. To have being or actuality: be, subsist. See be.
2. To have an inherent basis: consist, dwell, inhere, lie¹, repose, reside, rest¹. See start/end.
3. To have reality or life: be, breathe, live¹, subsist. See be.

v

Definition: be living
Antonyms: die

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On drawings, abbr. for “existing.”

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IN BRIEF: v. - Live; Support oneself.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley 

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - eksistere, bestå, opretholde livet

idioms:

• exist on    klare sig for

Nederlands (Dutch)
bestaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Philos, etc) exister, être, subsister, vivre

idioms:

• exist on    vivre de

Deutsch (German)
v. - bestehen, existieren, vorkommen

idioms:

• exist on    leben von

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπάρχω, υφίσταμαι, είμαι, διαβιώ, ζω

idioms:

• exist on    επιζώ με

Italiano (Italian)
esistere

idioms:

• exist on    vivere di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - existir, ocorrer

idioms:

• exist on    subsistir

Русский (Russian)
быть, жить, существовать, находиться

idioms:

• exist on    прожить на

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - existir, vivir, subsistir

idioms:

• exist on    vivir de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - existera, förekomma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
存在, 生存, 发生

idioms:

• exist on    靠...过活

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 存在, 生存, 發生

idioms:

• exist on    靠...過活

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 존재하다, 살아있다

idioms:

• exist on    ~으로 살아가다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 存在する, ある, 実存する, 生存する, 生きている

idioms:

• exist on    生存する, 生きる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮היה, התקיים, נמצא‬

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