exist
- 1) verb, to have being or reality; to be
- 2) verb, to eke out a living; stay alive; survive
- 3) verb, to be living; live
- 4) verb, to be present under specified conditions or in a specified place
- 5) verb, philosophy a) to be actual rather than merely possible b) to be a member of the domain of some theory, an element of some possible world, etc c) to have contingent being while free, responsible, and aware of one's situation
Etymology
C17: from Latin exsistere to step forth, from ex-1 + sistere to stand
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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alive, live, last, survive, breathe, endure, be, occur, happen, stand, remain, obtain, prevail, abide, survive, subsist, living, present, survive, remain, available, extant