exist

verb/ɪɡˈzɪst/

Frequency rank: #1,394 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

To be real or present in the world.

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Example sentence

Many animals only exist in the wild and do not live in captivity.

Synonyms & related words

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