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{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "cease"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "unexist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "void"
}
],
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"2": "fr",
"3": "exister"
},
"expansion": "French exister",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "exsisto",
"4": "existō, exsistō",
"5": "I am, I exist, appear, arise"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "ex",
"3": "",
"4": "out"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "sisto",
"3": "sistere",
"4": "to set, place"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "stō",
"3": "stare",
"4": "to stand, to be stood"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stísteh₂ti"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*steh₂-",
"3": "",
"4": "stand"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "stand"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "assist"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "consist"
},
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},
{
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"1": "en",
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "insist"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "persist"
},
"expansion": "persist",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "resist"
},
"expansion": "resist",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "existir"
},
"expansion": "Spanish existir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "exister"
},
"expansion": "French exister",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "esistere"
},
"expansion": "Italian esistere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "existieren"
},
"expansion": "German existieren",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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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{
"form": "exists",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "existing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "existed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "existed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "exist",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
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"expansion": "exist (third-person singular simple present exists, present participle existing, simple past and past participle existed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "coexist"
},
{
"word": "preexist"
},
{
"word": "there exist"
}
],
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{
"ref": "2012, The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification, page 12",
"text": "Various relationships may exist between character and glyph: […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification, page 19",
"text": "[…], regardless of whether those characters also existed in other character encoding standards.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification, page 55",
"text": "[…], which will be treated either as an update of the existing character encoding or as a completely new character encoding.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be; have existence; have being or reality"
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "breathe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "live"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "subsist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "happen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "occur"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "be the case"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "obtain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "appear"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "arise"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "come into being"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "emerge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "pop up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "spring to life"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "surface"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "bring forth"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "create"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "forthbring"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "generate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "innate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "produce"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "abide"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "continue"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "endure"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "last"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "persist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "prevail"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "remain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "stand"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "stay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "survive"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "reappear"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"topics": [
"video-games"
],
"word": "respawn"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "resume"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "coexist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"topics": [
"philosophy",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "perdure"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "postexist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "preexist"
}
],
"id": "en-exist-en-verb-RvnO9QPd",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"existence",
"existence"
],
[
"reality",
"reality"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "existence"
},
{
"word": "existent"
},
{
"word": "existential"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "there be"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "there exist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "entity"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "be"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "be a thing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "consist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:exist",
"word": "exist"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"stative"
],
"translations": [
{
"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": "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": "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",
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"sense": "to be",
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"sense": "to be",
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"word": "وُجِدَ"
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"sense": "to be",
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{
"code": "hy",
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"word": "լինել"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "existir"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "gl",
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{
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"word": "არსებობა"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "to be",
"word": "존재(存在)하다"
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{
"code": "ky",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"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": "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": "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"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"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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