Exist Existed ɪɡˈzɪst Problem Head Verb Bre Life

• does life exist on other planets?
• the problem only exists in your head, jane.
• few of these monkeys still exist in the wild.
• on his retirement the post will cease to exist.

exist

1. to be real; to be present in a place or situation
• Does life exist on other planets?
• The problem only exists in your head, Jane.
• Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild.
• On his retirement the post will cease to exist.
• The charity exists to support victims of crime.
2. to live, especially in a difficult situation or with very little money
• We existed on a diet of rice.
• They can't exist on the money he's earning.

Extra Examples

• He argued that ideas do not exist independently of the language that expresses them.
• I didn’t think people like that existed any more.
• The technology did not yet exist.
• They appear to exist in significant numbers.
• a species with only about a thousand believed to exist in the wild
• companies that exist solely for the purpose of mortgage lending
• the enormous volcanoes now known to exist on Mars
• A temple existed here hundreds of years ago.
• The problem only exists in your head, Ben.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they exist
• he / she / it exists
• past simple existed
• past participle existed
• -ing form existing

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: probably a back-formation from existence.