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.

---

Other Word Forms

• nonexisting adjective
• unexisting adjective

Etymology

Origin of existing

exist ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The agency also plans to acquire 10 existing facilities where it currently operates.

From The Wall Street Journal

This means that prize money for Olympic medallists would only further existing inequalities between nations.

From BBC

That means utility companies will be able to keep existing plants operating as a bridge until replacement capacity is built, Winter added.

From Barron's

"Our experimental results indicate that existing theoretical models need to be refined to fully capture the observed phenomena," says Wrachtrup.

From Science Daily

What the recent selling pressure indicates says Chronert is the “emerging theme that amidst the AI boom we’re also starting to see more concerns about AI disruption on existing business models” over the longer term.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• actual
• current
• extant