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[ɛɡˈzɪst], (Verb)
Definitions:
- have objective reality or being
(e.g: dossiers existed on almost everyone of prominence)
- live, especially under adverse conditions
(e.g: a minority of people exist on unemployment benefit alone)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 16th century: from French exister, or from Latin existere, from ex- ex- + sistere ‘set up, cause to stand’. Compare with existence
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