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 | ||