"existent" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin existens, from existere. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|existens}} Latin existens, {{m|la|existere}} existere Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} existent (not comparable)
  1. existing; having life or being, current; occurring now Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: existing, extant, essential, existent Hyponyms: self-existent, self-existing, substantial, substantive Derived forms: pre-existent, self-existent Related terms: exist, existence, existential, entity Translations (existing; having life or being, current; occurring now): ὑπάρχων (hupárkhōn) (Ancient Greek), مَوْجُود (mawjūd) (Arabic), esistente (Asturian), існу́ючы (isnújučy) (Belarusian), съществу́ващ (sǎštestvúvašt) (Bulgarian), настоя́щ (nastojášt) (Bulgarian), existent (Catalan), 現存 (Chinese Mandarin), 现存 (xiàncún) (Chinese Mandarin), existující (Czech), bestaand (Dutch), bestaande (Dutch), olemassa oleva (Finnish), existant (French), existente (Galician), existent (German), existierend (German), קים (Hebrew), létező (Hungarian), esistente (Italian), 現存する (genzon suru) (alt: げんぞんする) (Japanese), қолданымдағы (qoldanymdağy) (Kazakh), қолданыстағы (qoldanystağy) (Kazakh), 존재하다 (jonjaehada) (Korean), постоечки (postoečki) (Macedonian), eżistenti (Maltese), υπαρκτός (yparktós) (Modern Greek), eksisterende (Norwegian Bokmål), istniejący (Polish), existente (Portuguese), существу́ющий (suščestvújuščij) (Russian), настоя́щий (nastojáščij) (english: current) (Russian), по́стоје̄ћӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), póstojēćī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), existujúci (Slovak), obstoječ (Slovene), existente (Spanish), existerande (Swedish), mevcut (Turkish), існу́ючий (isnújučyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-existent-en-adj-uJ5qjWj6

Noun

Forms: existents [plural]
Etymology: From Latin existens, from existere. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|existens}} Latin existens, {{m|la|existere}} existere Head templates: {{en-noun}} existent (plural existents)
  1. (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-existent-en-noun-GMn2-MKl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 40 60

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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "existující"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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          "word": "olemassa oleva"
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "existant"
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "existente"
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "קים"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "létező"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "esistente"
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jonjaehada",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "존재하다"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "postoečki",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "постоечки"
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "eżistenti"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "eksisterende"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "istniejący"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "existente"
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          "roman": "suščestvújuščij",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "существу́ющий"
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "current",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastojáščij",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "настоя́щий"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "existujúci"
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        {
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "obstoječ"
        },
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          "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
          "word": "existente"
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          "word": "existerande"
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          "roman": "isnújučyj",
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      "word": "現存"
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      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "bestaand"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "bestaande"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "olemassa oleva"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existant"
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      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existente"
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      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existierend"
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      "roman": "hupárkhōn",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "ὑπάρχων"
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      "roman": "yparktós",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "קים"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "létező"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "esistente"
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    {
      "alt": "げんぞんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genzon suru",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "現存する"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qoldanymdağy",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "қолданымдағы"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qoldanystağy",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "қолданыстағы"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jonjaehada",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "존재하다"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "postoečki",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "eżistenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "eksisterende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "istniejący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suščestvújuščij",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "существу́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "current",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščij",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "настоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "по́стоје̄ћӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "póstojēćī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existujúci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "obstoječ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "existerande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "mevcut"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "isnújučyj",
      "sense": "existing; having life or being, current; occurring now",
      "word": "існу́ючий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "existent"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English autological terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "existens"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin existens",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "existere"
      },
      "expansion": "existere",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin existens, from existere.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "existents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "existent (plural existents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a being or entity that exists independently"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ],
        [
          "entity",
          "entity"
        ],
        [
          "exists",
          "exists"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) a being or entity that exists independently"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "existent"
}

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