🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Existir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eziʃˈtiʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exist/ɪɡˈzɪst/
verbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"É difícil provar que a vida existe em outros planetas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To have actual being; to be real.

    "Many believe that life exists on other planets."
  2. 2

    To live or have life.

    "He struggled to exist in a world that seemed indifferent to his plight."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'exist' originates from the Latin 'existere', meaning 'to stand out' or 'to emerge'. It evolved through Old French 'exister', which retained the meaning of being present or having reality, leading to its current usage in English.

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