Meaning

1 senses
  1. (stative)To be; have existence; have being or reality

    bestehen, existieren

    существова́тьsuščestvovátʹ

    існува́тиisnuváty

    have an existence, be extant

Examples

1247 sentences
  1. I 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.

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  2. 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.

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  3. I don't believe that God exists.

    Я не вірю в існування Бога.

    ruЯ не верю, что Бог существует.

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  4. Tom doesn't know that I exist.

    Том не знає про моє існування.

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  5. I do not believe that God exists.

    Я не вірю в існування Бога.

    ruЯ не верю в существование Бога.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to be:
Русский
By meaning 1
to be:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be:

Origin

From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex

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.

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Forms

exists, existing, existed, existed
Base formexist · to exist
3rd person singularexists
Present participleexisting
Past simpleexisted
Past participleexisted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexist
he, she, itexists

Past simpleLesson

all personsexisted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave existed
he, she, ithas existed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill exist

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

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

See also

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