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preexists

preexists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preexist.

Meaning of preexist

Verb

preexist (third-person singular simple present preexists, present participle preexisting, simple past and past participle preexisted)

  1. (intransitive) To exist before something else.
    • The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.

Questions about preexists

What is preexists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preexists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preexist.

Words near preexists in the dictionary

  1. preexistent
  2. preexistentism
  3. preexisting
  4. preexisting condition
  5. preexisting conditions
  6. preexists
  7. preexpectation
  8. preexpectations
  9. preexperiment
  10. preexperimental
  11. preexperiments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preexists (page history and authors); preexist (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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