The Collaborative International Dictionary
active alive
existing \existing\ adj.
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having existence or being or actuality; as, much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran. Opposite of nonexistent. [Narrower terms: active, alive; extant, surviving] Also See: extant.
Syn: existent.
Present. Opposite of absent.
Presently existing; as, the existing system. [WordNet 1.5] ||