"existing" meaning in English

See existing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-existing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} existing (not comparable)
  1. That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: existent Derived forms: pre-existing Translations (that exists): مَوْجُود (mawjūd) (Arabic), mövcud (Azerbaijani), var olan (Azerbaijani), existent (Catalan), 現有 (Chinese Mandarin), 现有 (xiànyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 現存 (Chinese Mandarin), 现存 (xiàncún) (Chinese Mandarin), existující (Czech), eksisterende (Danish), bestaande (Dutch), olemassa oleva (Finnish), existant (French), bestehend (German), existierend (German), esistente (Italian), 現在の (genzai no) (alt: げんざいの) (Japanese), tīariari (Maori), eksisterende (Norwegian Bokmål), istniejący (Polish), existente (Portuguese), existent [masculine] (Romanian), существу́ющий (suščestvújuščij) (Russian), existujúci (Slovak), existente (Spanish), mevcut (Turkish), varolan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-existing-en-adj-CpQ6IrlY

Verb

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-existing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} existing
  1. present participle and gerund of exist Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: exist
    Sense id: en-existing-en-verb-gfQdggUC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 70

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