English adjective: existing | |||
| 1. | existing presently existing | ||
| Samples | The existing system. | ||
| Similar | present | ||
| Antonyms | future, past | ||
| 2. | existing having existence or being or actuality | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | existent | ||
| Similar | active, alive | ||
| See also | extant | ||
| Attribute | being, beingness, existence | ||
| Antonyms | nonexistent | ||
| 3. | existing existing in something specified | ||
| Samples | Depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream. | ||
| Similar | present | ||
| Antonyms | absent | ||