exist

Meaning

to be; have existence; have being or reality

Synonyms

be

live

alive

stay

subsist

have

survive

at a place

remain

beat

dwell

reside

existence

be located

presence

present

in

there is

be alive

be present

available

wait

continue

breathe

stand

current

sit down

sit

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become

be sitting

appear

at

is

place

still

support

sustain

there are

thus

undergo

uphold

wealth

be attached to

be in existence

in existence

in some place

on top of

stay alive

live one’s life

be real

Translations

exister

esistere

existir

existieren

bestaan

bestehen

existir

sein

être

υπάρχω

existir

essere

vivir

vivre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛɡˈzɪst/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: existir

Cognate with French: exister

Cognate with Italian: esistere

Cognate with German: existieren

In summary

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.

Sentences

However apartments too exist .