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adjective
- 1. having reality or existence: formal "the technique has been existent for some years"
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adjective. formal uk / ɪɡˈzɪs.t ə nt / us / ɪɡˈzɪs.t ə nt / Add to word list. existing now: This carving is believed to be the only existent image of Saint Frideswide. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Existing and being. account for something. alive. be a thing idiom. been. estate. existentially. extant. found. have legs idiom. living.
1. : having being : existing. 2. : existing now : present. existent methods of flood control. existent noun. Synonyms. actual. concrete. de facto. effective. factual. genuine. real. sure-enough. true. very. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of existent in a Sentence.
Definitions of existent. adjective. having existence or being or actuality. “an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient”. synonyms: existing. active, alive. in operation. extant. still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.
Existent definition: existing; having existence. . See examples of EXISTENT used in a sentence.
Definition of existent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(archaic) A being or entity that exists independently.
What does the word existent mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word existent. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word existent? About 4 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word existent pronounced?
3 senses: 1. in existence; extant; current 2. having existence; living 3. a person or a thing that exists.... Click for more definitions.
existent. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧ist‧ent1 /ɪɡˈzɪstənt/ adjective formal existing now OPP nonexistent existent differences Examples from the Corpus existent • Now all possibilities, as possibilities, are necessarily existent. • The roads were empty, tourists non existent.
existent. adjective in existence, living, existing, surviving, around, standing, remaining, present, current, alive, enduring, prevailing, abiding, to the fore (Scot.), extant human rights in former and still existent communist states.
