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

The success of FAIR-Path suggests that improving fairness in cancer pathology AI, and possibly other medical AI tools, may not require major changes to existing systems.

From Science Daily

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal watchdog for consumers, proposed a major change to existing federal rules in mid-November.

From MarketWatch

The huge majority of pending investment is in the “brown field” category, Guajardo says: expansion of existing sites that can only hold output steady for the next five years.

From Barron's

And the few Chinese willing to buy homes are purchasing existing properties, Chu says.

From Barron's

The company is trying to cross sell more cloud-based—and AI driven—products to its existing customers.

From Barron's

Related Words

• actual
• current
• extant