existing

CEFRB2

/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/

adjective · verb

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01
adjective
Present or already in place.
02
adjective
Extra detail
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

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At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

These programs will integrate with your existing software.
In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform.

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In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52
Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

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