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Definition of "existent" []

  • Having life or being; existing. See Synonyms at real1. (adjective)
  • Occurring or present at the moment; current. (adjective)
  • One that exists. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "existent" in a sentence
  • "Which rights are “fundamental” or even existent is entirely subjective."
  • "Every existent is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness and dies by chance."
  • "Then again, some of them were almost non-existent from the get-go."