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existent

/ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nt/

existent adjective: existing; having life or being, current; occurring now.

Adjective

existent (not comparable)

  1. existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

Noun

existent (plural existents)

  1. (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently

existent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati

existent in Hindi

existent
संत sant
existent, extant, present
विद्यमान vidyamān
existent, extant
अस्तित्वमान astitvamān

existent in Tamil

இருக்கிற, இப்போதைய

existent in Malayalam

alive, in existence, existing
ഉള്ള, ഉറ്റ, അസ്തിത്വമുള്ള, സത്, നിലവിലുള്ള, നിലനില്ക്കുന്ന

existent in Gujarati

existent, present
વિદ્યમાન vidyamān
More languagesFewer languages
existent in Arabic
مَوْجُود mawjūd

Examples of existent in a sentence

  • Now, what I propose is that we immediately proceed to layerize the existent trade routes in depth.
  • This question inquires into the first cause and highest existent ground of beings.
  • On the other hand, abstract categories are less truly existent than certain other objects.

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Synonyms of existent

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of existent

Forms of existent

pluralexistents

Origin of existent

From Latin existens, from existere. By surface analysis, exist + -ent.

Words formed from existent

Questions about existent

What does existent mean?
Existent means existing; having life or being, current; occurring now.
What is existent in Hindi?
Existent in Hindi is संत (sant), विद्यमान (vidyamān), अस्तित्वमान (astitvamān). See Existent meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is existent?
Existent can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce existent?
Existent is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nt/.

Words near existent in the dictionary

  1. existenceless
  2. existencelessness
  3. existences
  4. existencies
  5. existency
  6. existent
  7. existential
  8. existential crises
  9. existential crisis
  10. existential instantiation
  11. existential instantiations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: existent (page history and authors); अस्तित्वमान (Hindi) (page history and authors); existent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); existent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); વિદ્યમાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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