exist

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɛɡˈzɪst/ See IPA manual

Freq #1668

Meanings

1

verb
To be real or present; to have being.

Many people believe that life exists on other planets.
2

verb
To stay alive, especially with very little.

It is hard to exist on such a low wage.

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1 verb · to be real or present; to... be

2 verb · to stay alive, especially... live survive

Opposites

ceaseunexistvoid

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Forms existedexists

Etymology

From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.

exister French exsisto Latin *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European

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# exist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɛɡˈzɪst/
**Frequency rank:** 1668

## Meanings
1. To be real or present; to have being.
2. To stay alive, especially with very little.

## Examples
- Many people believe that life exists on other planets.
- It is hard to exist on such a low wage.

## Antonyms
- cease
- unexist
- void

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exister
- Root: exsisto
- Root: *stísteh₂ti

## Etymology
From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.

## AI Etymology
Exist comes from French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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