Definitions
have an existence, be extant
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other”
“Various relationships may exist between character and glyph: […]”
“[…], regardless of whether those characters also existed in other character encoding standards.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Be found in reality”5 letters
02“Be real”5 letters
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