单词 | existent |
释义 | existent (once / 73 pages) adj WORD FAMILY existent: existence, existently, nonexistent, pre-existent+/coexist: coexisted, coexistent, coexisting, coexists/coexistence: coexistences/coexistent: coexistence, coexistently/exist: coexist, existed, existent, existing, exists, preexist/existence: existences, existential/existential: existentialism, existentially/existentialism: existentialist/existentialist: existentialists/existing: pre-existing/nonexistence: nonexistences/nonexistent: nonexistence/preexist: preexisted, preexistence, preexistent, preexisting, preexists/preexistence: preexistences USAGE EXAMPLESRemember all those headlines saying Donald Trump’s “path to victory” was virtually nonexistent? Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) They often inhabit areas scarred by de-industrialization, drug addiction, and foreclosure, or rural areas where the jobs are barely existent. Slate(Nov 09, 2016) Maine’s industry was barely existent at all 25 years ago and now includes 15 firms that process millions of pounds of meat every year. Seattle Times(Sep 09, 2016) 1adj having existence or being or actuality an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient Syn|Ant existing active, alive in operation extantstill in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost nonexistent not having existence or being or actuality extinct(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive absent, lacking, missing, wantingnonexistent barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocentcompletely wanting or lacking nonextantno longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction vanishedhaving passed out of existence 2adj being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory Syn|Ant real concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary echt, genuinenot fake or counterfeit actualtaking place in reality; not pretended or imitated actual, factualexisting in act or fact documentary, objectiveemphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation historicalhaving once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary realisticaware or expressing awareness of things as they really are sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria counterfeit, imitativenot genuine; imitating something superior artificial, unrealcontrived by art rather than nature supernaturalnot existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material dreamedconceived of or imagined or hoped for envisioned, pictured, visualised, visualizedseen in the mind as a mental image eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeilcreating the illusion of seeing reality fabled, legendarycelebrated in fable or legend fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitiousformed or conceived by the imagination fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythologicalbased on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity fanciful, imaginary, notionalnot based on fact; unreal fantastic, fantasticalexisting in fancy only hallucinatorycharacterized by or characteristic of hallucination illusional, illusionarymarked by or producing illusion illusive, illusorybased on or having the nature of an illusion make-believe, pretendimagined as in a play unrealisticnot realistic insincerelacking sincerity 3adj presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible Syn|Ant actual effective existing in fact; not theoretical; real possible, potential existing in possibility latentpotentially existing but not presently evident or realized |
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