exist
//ɪɡˈzɪst//
Forms
- present (v1)
- exist
- past (v2)
- existed
- past participle (v3)
- existed
- present participle
- existing
- 3rd person singular
- exists
Definitions
1.to be; have existence; have being or reality
Frequency
Overall
Common· #931
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand.