exist (v.)

  1. have an existence, be extant; Is there a God?

    [ Syn: be ]

  2. support oneself; he could barely exist on such a low wage; Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?; Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day

    [ Syn: survive , live , subsist ]

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