English > exist: 2 senses > verb 1, stativeMeaning | Have an existence, be extant. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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Synonym | be |
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Entailed by | live | Lead a certain kind of life |
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Narrower | coexist, cohabit | Exist together |
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come | Be found or available |
distribute | Be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses |
dwell, consist, lie, lie in | originate (in) |
dwell, inhabit | Exist or be situated within |
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril | pose a threat to |
flow | Be abundantly present |
indwell | To exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle |
kick around, knock about, kick about | Be around |
preexist | Exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time |
prevail, hold, obtain | Be valid, applicable, or true |
Spanish | existir, haber, ser |
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Catalan | existir, haver |
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Adjectives | existent | having existence or being or actuality |
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existent | being or occurring in fact or actuality |
existent | presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible |
Nouns | existence | the state or fact of existing |
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English > exist: 2 senses > verb 2, stativeMeaning | support oneself. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP |
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Example | "he could barely exist on such a low wage" |
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Synonyms | survive, live, subsist |
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Narrower | breathe | Be alive |
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freewheel, drift | Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely |
Similar to | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity |
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Spanish | existir, morar, persistir, sobrevivir, subsistir, vivir |
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Catalan | existir, persistir, sobreviure, subsistir, viure |
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