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to exist
01
to have actual presence or reality, even if no one is thinking about it or noticing it
1.1
to be present or available in a specific location or situation
Example
The club will cease to exist if financial help is not found.
Opportunities exist for students to gain sponsorship.
The custom of arranged marriages still exists in many countries.
Two conflicting stereotypes of housework exist in popular thinking today.
02
to live or continue to survive, often in difficult circumstances
Example
Evidence of their relationship exists in the form of a series of letters.
Adequate facilities already exist to serve the needs of people visting the town.
On his retirement the post will cease to exist.
A solution has been found and the problem no longer exists.
Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild.