Question 1 · Quick check
exist
CEFRA2
/ɪɡˈzɪst/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To be real or present in the world.
- 02
verb
Extra detailto be; have existence; have being or reality
Examples
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.
Does life exist on other planets?
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 2
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 3
Deep Dive
More examples
In contextI don't exist to you.
Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other
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Origin
verb
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.