Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.
Source: tatoeba (36687)
Existing
//ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ//
Synonyms for "existing" (41 found)
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Related words (20)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- a (gheg) adj (that exists)
- është adj (that exists)
Arabic
1 entries- مَوْجُود adj (that exists)
Armenian
1 entries- գոյական adj (that exists)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mövcud adj (that exists)
- var olan adj (that exists)
Catalan
1 entries- existent adj (that exists)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 現存 /现存 adj (that exists)
- 現有 /现有 adj (that exists)
Czech
1 entries- existující adj (that exists)
Danish
1 entries- eksisterende adj (that exists)
Dutch
1 entries- bestaande adj (that exists)
Esperanto
1 entries- efektiva adj (that exists)
Finnish
1 entries- olemassa oleva adj (that exists)
French
1 entries- existant adj (that exists)
German
2 entries- bestehend adj (that exists)
- existierend adj (that exists)
Greek
1 entries- υπάρχων adj (that exists)
Hungarian
3 entries- létező adj (that exists)
- meglevő adj (that exists)
- meglévő adj (that exists)
Indonesian
1 entries- adanya adj (that exists)
Italian
1 entries- esistente adj (that exists)
Japanese
1 entries- 現在の adj (that exists)
Māori
1 entries- tīariari adj (that exists)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eksisterende adj (that exists)
Polish
1 entries- istniejący adj (that exists)
Portuguese
1 entries- existente adj (that exists)
Romanian
1 entries- existent adj (that exists)
Russian
1 entries- существу́ющий adj (that exists)
Slovak
1 entries- existujúci adj (that exists)
Spanish
1 entries- existente adj (that exists)
Turkish
2 entries- mevcut adj (that exists)
- varolan adj (that exists)
Ukrainian
1 entries- існу́ючий adj (that exists)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Is there an existing meaning if the person in charge does not take the responsibility to begin with?
Source: tatoeba (43229)
Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.
Source: tatoeba (239536)
The existing law concerning car accidents requires amending.
Source: tatoeba (265510)
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