existing

B2
US /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/
adj verb Freq #10269

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · that exists, or has... existent
4 adj · having existence or being... existent

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