Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to exist
Participle: existed
Gerund: existing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | exist |
| you | exist |
| he;she;it | exists |
| we | exist |
| you | exist |
| they | exist |
Perfect
| I | have existed |
| you | have existed |
| he;she;it | has existed |
| we | have existed |
| you | have existed |
| they | have existed |
Past
| I | existed |
| you | existed |
| he;she;it | existed |
| we | existed |
| you | existed |
| they | existed |
Pluperfect
| I | had existed |
| you | had existed |
| he;she;it | had existed |
| we | had existed |
| you | had existed |
| they | had existed |
Future
| I | will exist |
| you | will exist |
| he;she;it | will exist |
| we | will exist |
| you | will exist |
| they | will exist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have existed |
| you | will have existed |
| he;she;it | will have existed |
| we | will have existed |
| you | will have existed |
| they | will have existed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | exist |
| you | exist |
| he;she;it | exist |
| we | exist |
| you | exist |
| they | exist |
Perfect
| I | have existed |
| you | have existed |
| he;she;it | have existed |
| we | have existed |
| you | have existed |
| they | have existed |
Imperfect
| I | existed |
| you | existed |
| he;she;it | existed |
| we | existed |
| you | existed |
| they | existed |
Pluperfect
| I | had existed |
| you | had existed |
| he;she;it | had existed |
| we | had existed |
| you | had existed |
| they | had existed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would exist |
| you | would exist |
| he;she;it | would exist |
| we | would exist |
| you | would exist |
| they | would exist |
Perfect
| I | would have existed |
| you | would have existed |
| he;she;it | would have existed |
| we | would have existed |
| you | would have existed |
| they | would have existed |
Imperative
| you | exist |
| we | Let's exist |
| you | exist |
Verbs conjugated like 'exist'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'exist'
exit,
agist,
bemist,
buist,
coexist,
delist,
demist,
desist,
east,
edit,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren. See: French '
exister', Latin '
exsisto', Proto-Indo-European '
*stísteh₂ti', Spanish '
existir', French '
exister', Italian '
esistere', German, old spelling '
existieren'.
Verbs referencing "exist"
Esperanto
ekzisti.
Sample Sentences
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The affection which exists between these two—the master and the pupil—is as far removed from all ordinary care and regard, as the circumstances in which it has had its growth, are apart from the common occurrences of life. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] virtue whereof, among other enlightened provisions, any citizen who could be proved to have kissed his wife on Sunday, was punishable, I believe, with the stocks. Too much of the old Puritan spirit exists in these parts to the present hour; but its influence has not tended, that I know, to make the people less hard in their bargains, or more equal in their dealings. As I never heard of its working [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] slaves. The sensation of exacting any service from human creatures who are bought and sold, and being, for the time, a party as it were to their condition, is not an enviable one. The institution exists, perhaps, in its least repulsive and most mitigated form in such a town as this; but it is slavery; and though I was, with respect to it, an innocent man, its presence filled me with a sense [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and such our readers may remember to have met with. If they are not common at the South, it is because they are not common in the world. They are to be found there as often as anywhere; and, when existing, find in that peculiar state of society a brilliant opportunity to exhibit their domestic talent.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Mr. James Gillespie, of the mercantile firm of Thomas G. Allison and Co., of Maysville, Benton, County Ark, in which the latter was slain with a bowie-knife. Some difficulty had for some time existed between the parties. It is said that Major Gillespie brought on the attack with a cane. A severe conflict ensued, during which two pistols were fired by Gillespie and one by Loose. Loose then [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of common sense, and the commonest of common humanity; to all dispassionate, reasoning creatures, of any shade of opinion; and ask, with these revolting evidences of the state of society which exists in and about the slave districts of America before them, can they have a doubt of the real condition of the slave, or can they for a moment make a compromise between the institution or any of its [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] death, would it be received with equal composure ? Would it be said, “ These cases are rare, and no samples of general practice ” ? This injustice is an _inherent_ one in the slave system,—it cannot exist without it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)