existverb [ I ]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪst/us/ɪɡˈzɪst/exist verb [ I ] (BE)
B1 to be, or to be real:
I don't think ghosts exist.
Poverty still exists in this country.
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- It's in the poorer, underdeveloped eastern region of the country that the biggest problems exist.
- The English king, Arthur, is a somewhat shadowy figure who may not have even existed.
- Slavery still exists in many parts of the world.
- Laws exist to stop companies exploiting their employees.
- A special closeness is supposed to exist between twins.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Existing and being
- account for sth
- alive
- am
- are
- be
- come
- extant
- go
- go back
- have legs idiom
- hood
- languish
- leg
- lie
- lie in sth
- live
- lurk
- obtain
- run
- stalk
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Life and living
exist verb [ I ] (LIVE)
C1 to live, or to live in difficult conditions:
Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
Few people can exist without water for more than a week.
No one can be expected to exist on such a low salary.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Existing and being
- account for sth
- alive
- am
- are
- be
- come
- extant
- go
- go back
- have legs idiom
- hood
- languish
- leg
- lie
- lie in sth
- live
- lurk
- obtain
- run
- stalk
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Living or sleeping somewhere
Life and living