English > exist: 2 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | 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, stative| Meaning | 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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