existingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/B2 used to refer to something that exists now:
The existing laws covering libel in this country are thought by many to be inadequate.
Under the existing conditions many children are going hungry.
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- The results of the new research would seem to conflict with existing theories.
- I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.
- The government wants to toughen up the existing drug laws.
- Any new video system that is incompatible with existing ones has little chance of success.
- The new pill will be used alongside existing medicines.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Now
- contemporary
- day
- de nos jours
- even
- here
- hereupon
- just
- moment
- nowadays
- ongoing
- present
- present-day
- prevailing
- right
- state
- still
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- today
- topical
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