exist

exist is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

exercise - exist - expect

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪɡˈzɪst/

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Verb

Plain form exist

Third-person singular exists

Past tense existed

Past participle existed

Present participle existing

Exist is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. (intransitive) If something exist, it is real and has some kind of being.

   Dinosaurs used to exist.

   She thinks that aliens do not exist.

   Your ideas only exist in your mind.

   There exists a possibility that we will win.

Related words

• existence
• existent