Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

existing

/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ist-ing
IPA: /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of exist

adj

That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

Example Sentences

"Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete."
"In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform."

Derived Forms

nonexisting unexisting

Phrases

pre-existing

Synonyms

existent

Rhymes With

listing consisting assisting resisting insisting twisting enlisting preexisting persisting coexisting delisting fisting

Questions

How do you pronounce existing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/.
What does existing mean?: present participle and gerund of exist

How to pronounce existing

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