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exist | postexistent |

As a verb exist

is to be; have existence; have being or reality.

As an adjective postexistent is

existing or living afterward.

exist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to be; have existence; have being or reality
  • * 2012 , The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification , ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 12:
  • Various relationships may exist between character and glyph:
  • * 2012 , The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification , ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 19:
  • , regardless of whether those characters also existed in other character encoding standards.
  • * 2012 , The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification , ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 55:
  • , which will be treated either as an update of the existing character encoding or as a completely new character encoding.

    Synonyms

    * be

    Derived terms

    * existence * existent * existential * existentialist * existentialism * existentially

    Anagrams

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    postexistent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • existing or living afterward
  • Postexistent atoms — Cudworth.
  • * 1972 , W. Nicol, The S?meia in the fourth gospel: Tradition and redaction (page 137)
  • But the full meaning of this manifestation was revealed only when the postexistent Christ came to live in his followers.
    (Webster 1913)