existing
adjective
[ ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ ]
• in existence or operation at the current time.
• "opponents of the existing political system"
exist
verb
• have objective reality or being.
• "dossiers existed on almost everyone of prominence"
Similar:
live,
be alive,
be living,
have life,
breathe,
draw breath,
be,
have being,
have existence,
be extant,
• live, especially under adverse conditions.
• "a minority of people exist on unemployment benefit alone"
Similar:
survive,
subsist,
live,
stay alive,
support oneself,
eke out a living,
eke out an existence,
manage,
make do,
keep going,
struggle along,
scrape by,
keep one's head above water,
make ends meet,
get by,
keep the wolf from the door,
Origin:
early 17th century: probably a back-formation from existence.
