exist
To be; have existence; have being or realityTo be; have existence; have being or reality
» I don't believe such things exist.
Ich glaube nicht, dass solche Dinge existieren.
Ich glaube nicht, dass es etwas Derartiges gibt.
Я не верю, что такие вещи существуют.
Я не верю в такие вещи.
Я не вірю, що такі речі існують.
Meaning
1 senses(stative)To be; have existence; have being or reality
bestehen, existieren
существова́тьsuščestvovátʹ
існува́тиisnuváty
have an existence, be extant
Examples
1247 sentencesI don't believe such things exist.
Я не вірю, що такі речі існують.
ruЯ не верю, что такие вещи существуют.
deIch glaube nicht, dass solche Dinge existieren.
Tom doesn't even know I exist.
Том навіть не знає, що я існую.
ruТом даже не знает, что я существую.
deTom weiß nicht einmal, dass es mich gibt.
I don't believe that God exists.
Я не вірю в існування Бога.
ruЯ не верю, что Бог существует.
Tom doesn't know that I exist.
Том не знає про моє існування.
I do not believe that God exists.
Я не вірю в існування Бога.
ruЯ не верю в существование Бога.
Translations
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Origin
From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from exFrom 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.
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Forms
exists, existing, existed, existedSynonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
9 patterns- ghosts exist
- that ghosts exist
- life exists on
- exists on other
- love doesn't exist
- life exists
- exist without
- really exist
- can't exist