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EXISTING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having existence or being or actuality
Example:
much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran
Synonyms:
existent; existing
Classified under:
Similar:
Also:
extant (still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost)
Attribute:
being; beingness; existence; face of the earth (the state or fact of existing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Presently existing
Example:
the existing system
Classified under:
Similar:
present (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Existing in something specified
Example:
depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
present (being or existing in a specified place)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb exist
Context examples:
Saturn's cloud levels host the majority of the planet's weather, including the pre-existing north polar hexagon.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
In addition to searching for new drugs, scientists often look to re-purpose existing drugs.
(Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies, University of Cambridge)
Not existing in a specified place at a specified time.
(Absent, NCI Thesaurus)
These lesions tend to be multiple in existing mouse models.
(Adenoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Specifies whether this is a reappearance of the existing disease.
(Performed Diagnosis Recurrence Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
The majority of the cases arise de novo, however malignant transformation from a pre-existing pilomatricoma has been reported.
(Pilomatrical Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The two supernovae matched up well with mathematical models of Type II explosions reinforcing existing theories.
(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)
A rare adenocarcinoma with poor prognosis, arising from the adenohypophysial cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland or pre-existing adenomas.
(Pituitary Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Ovulation Alteration consists of a change in the quality of the existing state of processes involved in release of an egg from the ovary.
(Ovulation Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifies whether the subject requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization as a result of the adverse event.
(Adverse Event Hospitalization Required Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
