existing

American  

[ig-zis-ting] / ɪgˈzɪs tɪŋ /

adjective

1. already or previously in place, before being replaced, altered, or added to.

   Fundraising costs money, and recruiting new donors is more expensive than asking existing supporters to give a little more.

2. having actual being or life.

   The great ornithologist Alexander Wetmore, who died in 1978, allegedly declared that all existing species of birds had already been discovered.

3. occurring in a specified place or under specified conditions.

   Members of committees dealing with the behavior of intelligence services met to discuss the existing challenges and exchange best practices.

4. achieving only the basic needs of existence, as food and shelter.

   Forrest Bess was a marginally existing bait fisherman and artist who lived in a ramshackle cabin on the Gulf of Mexico.

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Other Word Forms

• nonexisting adjective
• unexisting adjective

Etymology

Origin of existing

exist ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

It was built around artist Ned Kahn’s existing 100-foot-long Rainbow Arbor sculpture with mist sprayers that create rainbows in sunlight as guests walk through.

From Los Angeles Times

The offering will also include existing shares, but the amount has yet to be determined, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The turbines will be built about 24 miles offshore alongside the existing Seagreen wind farm which began generating in 2022, three years after it was awarded a similar contract.

From BBC

To do this, they will move existing dams closer to the boats.

From BBC

The companies and AI experts argue it makes little sense to shun existing AI models and attempt to build everything from scratch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• actual
• current
• extant