existing

ex·ist  (g-zst)

intr.v. ex·ist·ed, ex·ist·ing, ex·ists

1. To have actual being; be real.

2. To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed.

3. To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist.

4. To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas.

5. To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur: "Wealth and poverty exist in every demographic category" (Thomas G. Exter).

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[Latin existere, exsistere, to come forth, be manifest : ex-, ex- + sistere, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	existing - presently existing; "the existing system" present - temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"
	2.	existing - having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" existent extant - still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd
	3.	existing - existing in something specified; "depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream" present - being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

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existing

adjective in existence, living, present, surviving, remaining, available, alive, in operation, extant, alive and kicking the need to improve existing products
lost, gone, dead, vanished, extinct, defunct, died out

Translations

existing [ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ] ADJ [customers, products, facilities] → existente; [law, arrangements, system] → actual, existente
under existing circumstances → en las circunstancias actuales or existentes

existing [ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ] adj [system, regime] → actuel(le); [products] → existant(e); [borrower] → existant(e); [laws] → existant(e)

existing

adj → bestehend; circumstances → gegenwärtig; (esp Comput) → vorhanden

existing [ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ] adj (law, state of affairs) → attuale

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existing [ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ] adj (law, state of affairs) → attuale