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exist

UK/ɪɡˈzɪst/ US/ɪɡˈzɪst/ common

verb

1.

have an existence, be extant

  • “Is there a God?”
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2.

support oneself

  • “he could barely exist on such a low wage”
  • “Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?”
  • “Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day”
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Origin

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. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.

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