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| 1. | [ adjective ] having existence or being or actuality | |
| Synonyms: | existing | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | nonexistent active extant being | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory | |
| Synonyms: | real | |
| Examples: | "real objects" "real people not ghosts" "a film based on real life" "a real illness" "real humility" "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow |
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| Related terms: | unreal actual historical actual realistic concrete genuine sincere reality | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible | |
| Synonyms: | actual | |
| Examples: | "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different" "actual and imagined conditions" |
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| Related terms: | potential very effective actualised actualized actuality | |
| Similar spelling: |
existential exist exquisite existence existing exist_by exhausted exquisitely exhaust exegete execute |
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