existent

[ig-zis-tuhnt]

adjective

1. existing; having existence.

2. now existing.

noun

1. a person or thing that exists.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-existent adjective
• unexistent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of existent¹

1555–65; < Latin existent- (stem of existēns ), present participle of existere to exist; -ent

Example Sentences

These discussions rely on an assumption that events are existent things that bear these properties.

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It’s also, as it says, a “physical AI” company—an early contender in two artificial-intelligence businesses that are as theoretically massive as they are barely existent.

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About 200 people may have bought funeral plans that were non existent from a Hull funeral home at the centre of a police inquiry, an MP has claimed.

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Now the Seahawks’ margin for error keeps dwindling to the point it’s barely existent.

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This goes back to a lack of operational leadership, which has been existent in the company for many years.

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