{
    "term": "exist",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "exist",
            "heSheIt": "exists"
        },
        "pastSimple": "existed",
        "pastParticiple": "existed",
        "ingForm": "existing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be real; to be present in a place or situation",
            "sensetop": "exist to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Does life exist on other planets?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Few of these monkeys **still exist** in the wild."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Major differences **continue to exist** between the two countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A solution has been found and the problem **no longer exists**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On his retirement the post will **cease to exist**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Adequate facilities **already exist** to serve the needs of people visiting the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is an art gallery that **exists only** on the internet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Evidence of their relationship exists in the form of a series of letters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't think people like that existed any more."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity exists to support victims of crime.",
                    "contextForm": "exist to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm beginning to see that the problem only exists in my head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The technology did not yet exist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He argued that ideas do not exist independently of the language that expresses them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They appear to exist in significant numbers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "companies that exist solely for the purpose of mortgage lending"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the enormous volcanoes now known to exist on Mars"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A temple existed here hundreds of years ago."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["actually", "really", "already"],
                "verb + exist": ["be known to", "appear to", "be believed to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to live, especially in a difficult situation or with very little money",
            "sensetop": "exist (on something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We existed on a diet of rice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't exist on the money I'm earning."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪst/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/exist__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪsts/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/exists__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪstɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/existed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/existing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪst/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/exist__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪsts/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/exists__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪstɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/existed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/exist/existing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: probably a back-formation from existence."
}