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Definitions: Existent |
ExistentAdjective1. 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". 2. Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow. 3. Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "existent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Existent \Ex*ist"ent\, adjective. [Latin expression existens, -entis, present participle of existere. See Exist.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ExistentSynonyms: actual (adj), existing (adj), real (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: nonexistent (adj), potential (adj), unreal (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Existence | Adjective: existing; Verb: existent, under the sun; in existence; Noun: extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Existent |
| English words defined with "existent": existing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "existent": existent corner, existent gum ♦ gasoline existent gum ♦ unwashed gum. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "existent": Actualization. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Existent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (exist), German (existent, existing), Romanian (available, being, existent, existing, extant, in existence, real). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Business | IP technology is speeding the redesign and development of alternative data networks and the implementation of the compatible packet transfer technologies to the existent ATM and Frame Relay Networks. (references) | |
Economic History | Eritrea | Open account and collection shipments of goods is non- existent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Existent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Existent" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 96 | 33,456 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "existent": existent gum ♦ gasoline existent gum ♦ pre existent. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "existent": co-existent, non-existent, pre-existent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
existent | 11 |
existent pre | 8 |
existent host mx non point record relevant | 4 |
domain existent non | 2 |
domain existent non nslookup | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "existent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ekzistues (actual, existing, extant, in existence, present, prevailing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | موجود (existing, present), حي (active, alive, animate, animated, block, district, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, living, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, regenerate, section, vivid, ward), حالي (actual, circumstantial, current, existing, immediate, present, present day, running). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съществуващ (actual, being, existing, extant, living, ongoing), сегашен (current, existing, going, nowaday, present, present day, running), настоящ (actual, existing, present, running), наличен (available, disposable, existing, extant, stock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 现存 (Extant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skuteèný (actual, effective, existing, genuine, great, historical, intrinsic, intrinsical, practical, real, true, very, virtual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nutidig gummi (gasoline existent gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gom in benzineoplossing (gasoline existent gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موجود (Available, Bound, Extant, Handy, Life, Present, Real, Stock, Thing), هست . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | olemassaoleva (existing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gommes actuelles (existent gum, existent gums), gomme existante (existent gum), gomme actuelle (gasoline existent gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | existent (existing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπαρκτόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מציאותי (actual, down to earth, real, realistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meglevõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | esistente (existing, living). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 存否 (existent or non-existent, life or death). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぞ"ぴ (existent or non-existent, life or death), そ"ぴ (aristocrat and plebeian, at village expense, existent or non-existent, high and low, life or death, village expenses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 현존하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ayn (exist, existence, in, in existence, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | existentay vida (alacrity, enthusiasm, life, life of a lamp, lifestyle, lifetime, life-time, lift, living, pulse, raciness, subsistence, vitality, vivacity, world). (various references) existent (available, being, existing, extant, in existence, real), actual (actual, current, existing, fresh, modern, nowaday, present, ruling, topical, up to date). (various references) существующий (being, existing, extant, going, in being, in existence). (various references) postojeći (available, being, existence: in existence, existing, extant, present). (various references) existente (actual, existing, extant, going, in being, in existence, in stock). (various references) existerande (existing, in existence), nuvarande (actual, current, currently, existing, nowadays, present, these days), förefintlig (available), befintlig (available, existing). (various references) ที่มีอยู่ (existing). (various references) varolan (existing, substantial), mevcut (actual, adsum, attendant, available, existing, in hand, physical, present, prevalent, stock, store, substantial, supply, total, total number of attendance, visible), bugünkü (current, existing, modern, present day, today's, up to date). (various references) сучасний (actual, coeval, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, latter day, modern, neoteric, new, new-day, nowaday, present day, recent, up to date, up-dated, with it), існуючий (alive, going, in being, in existence, living), реальний (practical, real, realist, realistic, realizable, substantive, tangible), наявний (available, extant, in evidence, in stock, present, stock). (various references) t"n tại hiện có; hiện nay, hiện thời (actually, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | existentem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "existent": existential, existentialism, existentialisms, existentialist, existentialistic, existentialistically, existentialists, existentially, existents. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "existent": coexistent, inexistent, nonexistent, preexistent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "existent": nonexistential. (additional references) | |
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"Existent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eijsden, existant, existe, existens, exitent, exstant, exstent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "existent" (pronounced egzi"stunt) |
| 8 | -g z i" s t u n t | nonexistent. |
| 7 | -z i" s t u n t | resistant. |
| 6 | -i" s t u n t | assistant, consistent, distant, inconsistent, insistent, persistent. |
| 5 | -s t u n t | constant, contestant, decongestant, extant, instant, protestant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-s-t-t-x" | |
-1 letter: extents, sixteen. | |
-2 letters: exines, extent, sextet, sitten, tenets, tentie. | |
-3 letters: exine, exist, exits, inset, neist, netts, nites, nixes, seine, sente, senti, sixte, stein, stint, teens, tenet, tense, tents, texts, tines, tints. | |
-4 letters: exes, exit, nest, nets, nett, next, nite, nits, nixe, seen, sene, sent, sett, sext, sine, site, snit, stet, teen, tees, tens, tent. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-s-t-t-x" | |
+1 letter: existents, extensity, sixteenth. | |
+2 letters: coexistent, inexistent, sixteenths. | |
+3 letters: excitements, existential, extensities, nonexistent, preexistent. | |
+4 letters: enterotoxins, expectations, extenuations, exterminates, extortioners. | |
+5 letters: exenterations, exercitations, existentially, extensibility, exterminators, externalities, inexactitudes, intermixtures, letterboxings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 69 73 74 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- .. ... - . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x i s t e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0069 0073 0074 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3990758586718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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