Collocations for "existing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "existing" in context.
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exist
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- exists in [the wild, captivity]
- exists in the [world, universe, solar system]
- [ceased, continued] to exist
- [known, thought, speculated] to exist
- [examples, evidence] exist in
- have existed for [10,000] years
- have existed for [years, centuries, millennia]
- [99] exist at [present, any given time]
- existed between [200 BCE] and [1100]
- there exist a [number of, great many]
- existed [thousands, millions, billions] of years ago
- exists for your [pleasure, use, comfort]
- exists [merely, simply, just to, only] to [entertain you, make you happy]
- exists [merely] to [entertain, amuse, annoy] me
- [job, educational] opportunities exist in
- (still) believes (that) [Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy] exists
- believe (that) [God, He] exists
- [the word, such a thing] doesn't exist
- cannot exist in a vacuum
- [cannot, will not] exist without
- one cannot exist without the other
'existing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
amendment
- build
- complement
- content
- delete
- disruption
- evaluate
- grandfather
- infrastructure
- integration
- retention
- strengthen
- wound