[ɛɡˈzɪst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have objective reality or being
(e.g: dossiers existed on almost everyone of prominence)

- live, especially under adverse conditions
(e.g: a minority of people exist on unemployment benefit alone)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from French exister, or from Latin existere, from ex- ex- + sistere ‘set up, cause to stand’. Compare with existence