"exist" meaning in English

See exist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɪst/, /ɪɡˈzɪst/ Audio: en-us-exist.ogg Forms: exists [present, singular, third-person], existing [participle, present], existed [participle, past], existed [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], exist [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɪst 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|exister}} French exister, {{der|en|la|exsisto|existō, exsistō|I am, I exist, appear, arise}} Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stísteh₂ti}} Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, {{cog|es|existir}} Spanish existir, {{cog|fr|exister}} French exister, {{cog|it|esistere}} Italian esistere, {{cog|de|existieren}} German existieren Head templates: {{en-verb}} exist (third-person singular simple present exists, present participle existing, simple past and past participle existed) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality Tags: intransitive, stative Synonyms: be, be a thing [colloquial], consist, exist Derived forms: coexist, preexist, there exist Related terms: existence, existent, existential, there be, there exist, entity Translations (to be): bestaan (Afrikaans), ekzistoj (Albanian), ὑπάρχω (hupárkhō) (Ancient Greek), وُجِدَ (wujida) (Arabic), գոյություն ունենալ (goyutʻyun unenal) (Armenian), լինել (linel) (Armenian), esistir (Asturian), existir (Asturian), var olmaq (Azerbaijani), mövcüd olmaq (Azerbaijani), існава́ць (isnavácʹ) (Belarusian), съществувам (sǎštestvuvam) (Bulgarian), existir (Catalan), 存在 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 存在 (cyun⁴ zoi⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 存在 (cúnzài) (Chinese Mandarin), být (Czech), existovat (Czech), eksistere (Danish), bestå (Danish), findes (Danish), bestaan (Dutch), wnn (Egyptian), ekzisti (Esperanto), eksisteerima (Estonian), olemas olema (Estonian), olelema (Estonian), vera (Faroese), vera til (Faroese), finnast (Faroese), olla (Finnish), olla olemassa (Finnish), exister (French), existir (Galician), არსებობა (arseboba) (Georgian), bestehen (German), existieren (German), υπάρχω (ypárcho) (Greek), υφίσταμαι (yfístamai) (Greek), ज़िन्दा होना (zindā honā) (Hindi), van (Hungarian), létezik (Hungarian), él (Hungarian), existar (Ido), exister (Interlingua), bí ann (Irish), esistere (Italian), 存在する (sonzai suru) (alt: そんざいする) (Japanese), бар болу (bar bolu) (Kazakh), មាន (mien) (Khmer), 존재(存在)하다 (jonjaehada) (Korean), бар болуу (bar boluu) (Kyrgyz), egzistir (Ladino), existō (Latin), exsistō (Latin), sum (Latin), exsto (Latin), consto (Latin), exto (Latin), compareo (Latin), eksistēt (Latvian), pastāvēt (Latvian), egzistuoti (Lithuanian), būti (Lithuanian), gyvuoti (Lithuanian), егзисти́ра (egzistíra) [imperfective, perfective] (Macedonian), постои (postoi) [imperfective] (Macedonian), wujud (Malay), eżista (Maltese), tiari (Maori), oncah (Nahuatl), cah (Nahuatl), eksistere (Norwegian), bestå (Norwegian), finnes (Norwegian Bokmål), finnast (Norwegian Nynorsk), existir (Occitan), wesan (Old English), bēon (Old English), زیستن (zistan) (Persian), وجود داشتن (vojud dâštan) (Persian), هستادن (Persian), istnieć (Polish), egzystować (Polish), existir (Portuguese), kay (Quechua), exista (Romanian), существова́ть (suščestvovátʹ) (Russian), exeest (Scots), póstojati (Serbo-Croatian), egzistírati (Serbo-Croatian), òpstojati (Serbo-Croatian), bȉvstvovati (Serbo-Croatian), jestvovať (Slovak), existovať (Slovak), obstajati [imperfective] (Slovene), existir (Spanish), existera (Swedish), bestå (Swedish), зистан (zistan) (Tajik), вуҷуд доштан (vujud doštan) (Tajik), இரு (iru) (Tamil), 𗁁 (alt: *wjij²) (Tangut), มีอยู่ (mii-yùu) (Thai), var olmak (Turkish), існува́ти (isnuváty) (Ukrainian), mavjud boʻlmoq (Uzbek), bor boʻlmoq (Uzbek), tồn tại (alt: 存在) (Vietnamese), dabinön (Volapük), bodoli (Welsh), עקסיסטירן (eksistirn) (Yiddish), estin [feminine] (Zazaki), estey [masculine] (Zazaki)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 50:",
          "text": "While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.",
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        {
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
          "word": "stand"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
          "word": "resume"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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            "sciences"
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "existential"
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        {
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        {
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
          "word": "consist"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:exist",
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        }
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        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bestaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "ekzistoj"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wujida",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "وُجِدَ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "goyutʻyun unenal",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "գոյություն ունենալ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "linel",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "լինել"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "esistir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existir"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "var olmaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "mövcüd olmaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "isnavácʹ",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "існава́ць"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎštestvuvam",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "съществувам"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existir"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "cyun⁴ zoi⁶",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "存在"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "存在"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cúnzài",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "存在"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "být"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existovat"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "eksistere"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bestå"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "findes"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bestaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "wnn"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "ekzisti"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "eksisteerima"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "olemas olema"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "olelema"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "vera"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "vera til"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "finnast"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "olla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "olla olemassa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exister"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "arseboba",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "არსებობა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bestehen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypárcho",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "υπάρχω"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "yfístamai",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "υφίσταμαι"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hupárkhō",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "ὑπάρχω"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zindā honā",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "ज़िन्दा होना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "van"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "létezik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "él"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exister"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bí ann"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "esistere"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そんざいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sonzai suru",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "存在する"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bar bolu",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "бар болу"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mien",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "មាន"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jonjaehada",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "존재(存在)하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bar boluu",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "бар болуу"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "egzistir"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exsistō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "sum"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exsto"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "consto"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exto"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "compareo"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "eksistēt"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "pastāvēt"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "egzistuoti"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "būti"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "gyvuoti"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "egzistíra",
          "sense": "to be",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "егзисти́ра"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "postoi",
          "sense": "to be",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "постои"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "wujud"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "eżista"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "tiari"
        },
        {
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "oncah"
        },
        {
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "cah"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "eksistere"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bestå"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "finnes"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "finnast"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "wesan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bēon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zistan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "زیستن"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vojud dâštan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "وجود داشتن"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "هستادن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "istnieć"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "egzystować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existir"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "kay"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exista"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "suščestvovátʹ",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "существова́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "exeest"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "póstojati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "egzistírati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "òpstojati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bȉvstvovati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "jestvovať"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existovať"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to be",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obstajati"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existir"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "existera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bestå"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "zistan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "зистан"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vujud doštan",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "вуҷуд доштан"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "iru",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "இரு"
        },
        {
          "alt": "*wjij²",
          "code": "txg",
          "lang": "Tangut",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "𗁁"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mii-yùu",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "มีอยู่"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "var olmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "isnuváty",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "існува́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "mavjud boʻlmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bor boʻlmoq"
        },
        {
          "alt": "存在",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "tồn tại"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "dabinön"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "bodoli"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "eksistirn",
          "sense": "to be",
          "word": "עקסיסטירן"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to be",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estin"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to be",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estey"
        }
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɡˈzɪst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzɪst/"
    },
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "egzistuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "būti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "gyvuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "egzistíra",
      "sense": "to be",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "егзисти́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "postoi",
      "sense": "to be",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "постои"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "wujud"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "eżista"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "tiari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "tiari"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "oncah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "cah"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "eksistere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "bestå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "finnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "finnast"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "existir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "wesan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "bēon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zistan",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "زیستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vojud dâštan",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "وجود داشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "هستادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "istnieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "egzystować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "existir"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "kay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "exista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suščestvovátʹ",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "существова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "exeest"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "póstojati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "egzistírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "òpstojati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "bȉvstvovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "jestvovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "existovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to be",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obstajati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "existir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "existera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "bestå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zistan",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "зистан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vujud doštan",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "вуҷуд доштан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "iru",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "இரு"
    },
    {
      "alt": "*wjij²",
      "code": "txg",
      "lang": "Tangut",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "𗁁"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mii-yùu",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "มีอยู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "var olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "isnuváty",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "існува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "mavjud boʻlmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "bor boʻlmoq"
    },
    {
      "alt": "存在",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "tồn tại"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "dabinön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "bodoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "eksistirn",
      "sense": "to be",
      "word": "עקסיסטירן"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to be",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estin"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to be",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estey"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exist"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": chûn-chāi / chûn-chǎi vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "exist"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "exist",
  "trace": ""
}

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