/ɪɡˈzɪst/
Translation
To be real, or to be there in the world.
Word origin
From Latin existere, to step out or to come into being.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- existere
- English cognates
- existence
Grammar
Examples
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"Exist" is very common with "not".
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Use "for" with a length of time.
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"Exist" needs no object after it.
Used in
Grammar articles
(6)Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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