Exist
/ɛɡˈzɪst/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 to be; have existence; have being or reality intransitive, stative
"Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other"
- 2 have an existence, be extant wordnet
- 3 support oneself wordnet
Example
More examples"I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy."
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. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.