Definitions
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. having existence or being or actuality. Opposite of
nonexistent . - adj. Present. Opposite of
absent . - adj. Presently existing.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. existing in something specified
- adj. having existence or being or actuality
- adj. presently existing
Examples
“It would be a very effectual one, if, instead of the title existing in our treasury books alone, it was made to exist in loose papers, as our loan office debts do.”
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20)
“Fox wants to cut our salaries in half because it says it can't afford to continue making the show under what it calls the existing business model.”
The Simpsons' Harry Shearer: I'm Willing to Take a 70 Percent Pay Cut in Exchange for Profits
“The things which I call existing are those which can be seen or touched; as a farm, a house, a wall, a gutter, a slave, an ox, furniture, provisions, and so on; of which kind of things some require at times to be defined by us.”
“The sheep was unknown to native races in this pastureless land, and, though introduced by the earliest colonists, is still spoken of as "the Dutch goat," no other term existing for it in Malay parlance.”
“Kohl slammed the cable industry for price increases and what he called existing obstacles to competitors 'access to programming.”
“Just as weight lifting can build muscle, learning new information, problem-solving and making new memories help maintain existing brain circuits and create new ones.”
The Huffington Post: Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Alzheimer's Disease Risks, Signs and Prevention
“Depending on how dedicated they are to find loopholes in existing laws and to openly skirt others, Comcast could theoretically block their users from accessing material they deem “unacceptable”.”
“The only good economic news has been an increase in existing home sales, while occurred only because of the foreclosure bubble.”
“Calvert needs a representative who will fight for policies that promote and foster growth in existing and new businesses so as to create jobs.”
“The view of the dragon as an image of the devil and an image of nature both have their roots in existing mythology and literature, but there is no reason I can see that either view should be taken as the only acceptable one.”
Lists
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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an ancient someone, dressed in white
past, forgotten, rush, asleep, thunder, countless, roses, blood, rosebud, veins, wrists, shudder and 9 more...
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List about itself
Hey, it had to be done. Now someone can do it better.
list, this, self-referential, tautology, repetitive, words, autonomous, letters, incomplete, meta, possible, text and 6 more...
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