Existed Meaning in English

word · lemma: exist

US

/ɪɡˈzɪstəd/

ig-ZIS-did

UK

/ɛɡzˈɪstɪd/

ig-ZIS-tid

التعريف

Past form of 'exist'. It means that someone or something was real, present, or alive at a time in the past.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Often used in history, science, and philosophy: 'Dinosaurs existed', 'A solution existed'. 'There existed' is more formal than 'there was/were'. For people, 'live' is often more natural than 'exist' unless the context is abstract or philosophical.

• Spanish: existió - existían - había
• Portuguese (BR): existiu - existiam - havia
• Portuguese (PT): existiu - existiam - havia
• Chinese (Simplified): 存在过 - 存在
• Chinese (Traditional): 存在過 - 存在
• Hindi: अस्तित्व में था - मौजूद था
• Arabic: وُجِدَ - كان موجودًا
• Bengali: অস্তিত্ব ছিল - উপস্থিত ছিল
• Russian: существовал - существовала - существовало - существовали
• Japanese: 存在していた
• Vietnamese: từng tồn tại
• Korean: 존재했다
• Turkish: var olmuştu - mevcut olmuştu
• Urdu: موجود تھا - موجود تھیں - موجود تھے - موجود تھی
• Indonesian: pernah ada

جمل نموذجية

Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago.

basic

A small village existed here long ago.

basic

I didn't know that option existed.

basic

Before the internet existed, people waited days for news.

natural

It felt like that problem had always existed.

natural

If a better way existed, someone would have found it by now.

natural