different between coexist vs exist

English

Alternative forms

• co-exist (UK)
• coëxist

Etymology

co- +? exist

Pronunciation

Verb

coexist (third-person singular simple present coexists, present participle coexisting, simple past and past participle coexisted)

1. (intransitive, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

Related terms

• coexistence
• coexistent

Translations

Anagrams

• coxiest, coxites, exotics

English

Etymology

From French exister, from Latin exist? (“to stand forth, come forth, arise, be”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”), caus. of stare (“to stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

exist (third-person singular simple present exists, present participle existing, simple past and past participle existed)

1. (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
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Synonyms

• be; See also Thesaurus:exist

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• exist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• exits, sixte

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e??zist]

Verb

exist

1. first-person singular present indicative of exista: I exist
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of exista