existed

3 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to be, or to be real:

I don't think ghosts exist.

Poverty still exists in this country.

to live, or to live in difficult conditions:

Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.

Few people can exist without water for more than a week.

exist on No one can be expected to exist on such a low salary.