existing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   presently existing

   the existing system

2. 2
   adj

   existing in something specified

   depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream

3. 3
   adj

   That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

   Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.

4. 4
   adj

   having existence or being or actuality

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of exist