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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryex·ist \ig-ˈzist\ intransitive verb ETYMOLOGY Latin exsistere to come into being, exist, from ex-+ sistere to stand, stop; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand DATE circa 15681. a. to have real being whether material or spiritual did unicorns exist the largest galaxy known to exist b. to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditions strange ideas existed in his mind2. to continue to be racism still exists in society3. a. to have life or the functions of vitality we cannot exist without oxygen b. to live at an inferior level or under adverse circumstances the hungry existing from day to dayEnglish Etymologyexist c.1600, from Fr. exister, from L. exsistere (see existence). "The late appearance of the word is remarkable" [OED].Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ existexist / i^5zist / verb[V] 1. (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to be real; to be present in a place or situation 存在；实际上有: Does life exist on other planets? 其他行星上有生命吗？ The problem only exists in your head, Jane. 这个问题不过是你的想像,简。 Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild. 这些野生的猴子已为数不多了。 On his retirement the post will cease to exist. 他退休后这个职位就不会存在。 The charity exists to support victims of crime. 设立这个慈善机构是为了援助罪案受害者。 2. ~ (on sth) to live, especially in a difficult situation or with very little money (尤指在困境或贫困中)生活,生存: We existed on a diet of rice. 我们靠吃大米过活。 They can't exist on the money he's earning. 他们靠他挣的那点钱无法维持生活。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishexist verb ADV. actually, really Do these creatures really exist? | already, still Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild. | currently | independently He argued that ideas do not exist independently of the language that expresses them. VERB + EXIST be known to the enormous volcanoes now known to exist on Mars | continue to | cease toMerriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionv. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: BE, breathe, live, move, subsist 2 Synonyms: CONSIST 1, dwell, inhere, lie, resideWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedex·ist\igˈzist, eg-\ intransitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Latin existere, exsistere to step forth, emerge, come into being, exist, from ex- ex- (I) + sistere to cause to stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand1. : to have actual or real being whether material or spiritual : have being in space and time < by whom we exist and cease to be — Shakespeare >2. : to have being in any specified condition or place or with respect to any understood limitation < salt exists in solution in the sea > < queer notions exist in his mind >3. : to continue to be : maintain being < some industrial activity does exist in the urban fringe — N.R.Heiden >4. : to have life or the functions of vitality : live < men cannot exist without oxygen >5. [translation of Danish eksistere & German existieren] in existentialism : to have contingent but free and responsible being; also : to live as one that has such being

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