American English pronunciation
How to pronounce existent
IPA transcription: [ɛɡ'zɪstənt]
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Adjective
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being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; ; ; ; ; ; - Longfellow
“real objects”
“real people; not ghosts”
“a film based on real life”
“a real illness”
“real humility”
“Life is real! Life is earnest!”
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presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
“the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different”
“actual and imagined conditions”
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having existence or being or actuality
“an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient”
“much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran”
Usage examples
- Sunlight does not reach this zone, meaning primary production, if any, is almost nonexistent.
- This is the meaning of "existence precedes essence" in Sartre's existentialism.
- This is the goal of existential therapy.
- The root of radical existential Christianity is not extremism itself.
- Warm fronts, sleet, and freezing rain are practically non-existent here.
- He also wrote for "Les Temps modernes", applying existentialist ideas to musicology.
- Instead, Gardner suggested an "existential intelligence" as viable.
- Moreover, the novel is particularly important due to its existential import.
- An existential crisis may stem from one's new perception of life and existence.
- Furthermore, the letter erroneously referred to the nonexistent Nobel Peace Prize In Medicine.