pre-existingpre-existing, pre·ex·ist·ing /ˌpriːɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ◂/ adjective [only before noun] 
 
- If the database contains pre-existing original works normal rules apply.
 - In this kind of case, pre-existing acquaintances were invalidated.
 - It also stops them refusing cover for more than a year to those with pre-existing conditions.
 - On the one hand, nucleic acids arise only as copies of pre-existing nucleic acids.
 - Replacive minerals grow, as their name suggests, in the place of pre-existing minerals and not into pore spaces.
 - The Act effects several important changes to the pre-existing law.
 - This deposit mantles the flanks of the pre-existing cone, but is no more than a few metres thick at most.
 - This division to some degree reflected the pre-existing division of opinion on the Poor Law and its desirable replacement.
 
  ► pre-existing ... condition
 Inform your doctor of any pre-existing medical condition.  nounexistence ≠ non-existenceexistentexistentialismexistentialistcoexistenceadjectiveexistent ≠ nonexistentexistingpre-existingexistentialexistentialistverbexistcoexist