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existent - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'existent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Existent [ a.]
- Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

Meaning of 'existent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . existent [ a]
Meaning (1):
- being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
Example in sentence:
  • a film based on real life;
  • a real illness;
  • Life is real! Life is earnest!;
  • real humility;
  • real objects;
  • real people; not ghosts
Meaning (2):
- presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
Example in sentence:
  • actual and imagined conditions;
  • the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
Meaning (3):
- having existence or being or actuality
Example in sentence:
  • 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