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单词 existing
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existingn.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɪstɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɪstɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exist v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < exist v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier existence n., existency n.
Chiefly Theology and Philosophy.
= existence n. (in various senses).In theological and philosophical works frequently with a contextually specific contrast with existence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun]
being1340
statec1384
essencion?a1400
existencea1425
essencya1475
existency1548
essentie1552
essence1576
entity1596
existing1616
esse1621
beingness1662
1616 H. Ainsworth Annot. First Bk. Moses, called Genesis sig. B3v/1 Adonai Lord..is Gods name, of his sustentation & dominion: wheras Jehovah is his name of existing or being.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. vii. 187 The Existings of several things; whether both together in the same time: or whether in diverse times, so that one is before or after the other.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. xii. 124 If certain Foreknowledge of the future existing of an Event, be not the Thing which first makes it impossible that it should fail of Existence; yet [etc.].
1859 M. C. Irvine Friendly Disputants iv. 74 With regard to the soul, I am conscious directly of a certain present existence, and also indirectly of certain past existings.
1889 Weekly Statement (Mutual Life Insurance Company) 18 Dec. 73 The company has never had any use for a dollar of this money during the 46 years of its existing, but continues to add millions every year.
1966 Bull. de l'Institut du Désert d'Egypte 16 107 Cloud outbursts could possibly occur in the region once every year or several years and allow for the existing of certain vegetative types.
2008 Philos. Q. 58 546 One might as well argue that the existing of past entities to ground the truth of ‘There were dinosaurs’ is not an advance over presentism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

existingadj.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɪstɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɪstɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exist v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < exist v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier existent adj.
That exists or has existence; alive or having being at the time implied or specified.actually existing: see actually adv. Compounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing
bornOE
sustaineda1450
beingc1460
essential1535
existent1535
extant1561
existing1578
eventual1752
beënt1865
the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective]
present1340
nowa1393
presentary?a1425
unrun1474
modernc1485
hodiern?a1513
actual1525
modernal1542
instantc1550
this1582
immediate1605
current1608
nowadays1609
nowaday1632
hodiernal1656
living1659
running1659
daily1663
existent1676
existing1827
present-day1833
presential1878
today1908
1578 T. Twyne tr. L. Daneau Wonderfull Woorkmanship of World vii. 19 These are also necessarie and existing partes vnto the same particulare persons whereby they liue, as place, time, coloure of the face, stature of the body.
1598 F. Meres Palladis Tamia f. 185 The voice so long as it is vttering..seemeth to bee a thing existing and solide.
1624 W. Ingpen Secrets of Numbers xvii. 89 The existing Law of prouidence.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 158 Existing Individuals may not be actually Infinite.
1702 J. Howe Living Temple (new ed.) I. v. 235 Epicurus himself calls this of an existing Deity, a Proleptical Notion.
1762 S. Foote Orators i. 25 They are not at present existing in this kingdom.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 147 In Nature are two hostile Gods, Makers and Masters of existing things.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 343 He meant existing daughters, not future issue.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 98 He bound himself not to..dissolve the existing Parliament without its own consent.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 His sympathy with existing sources of comfort.
1905 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 53 935/2 It is in this lower bed..that all the existing rock salt mines are worked.
1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 121/2 In recording, to bring in a new sound, or to increase the volume or pitch of an existing sound.
2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 June 38/3 Many of the important decisions will have to be made within the existing..power structures.

Derivatives

eˈxistingly adv. actually, as a matter of fact, in reality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > [adverb]
thereouta1300
outc1400
in being1483
existingly1601
existently1641
out therec1794
round1852
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 147 They were not existingly, but appearingly, turned into serpents.
1683 G. Morley Bp. Winchester's Vindic. iv. ii. 331 Neither of them can be actually and existingly of the House of Lords, before there is a House of Lords.
1821 J. B. Benwell Ess. Interest & Annuities 78 It is essential..to enquire whether the latter necessarily be the fact, to prove the contrary, or tacitly admit something anomalous as existingly apparent.
1863 Brit. Kaffraria App. lxxix Changes..are not less existingly, but infinitely more orderly effected by public meetings and national petitions in England.
1900 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 18 Apr. 4/6 The presence of a large number of once and existingly celebrated actresses out of employment.
1982 E. Gendlin in R. Bruzina & B. Wilshire Phenomenology viii. 330 Almost anything we experience far exceeds the existingly formed actions and phrases.
2006 Human Stud. 29 189 Sleep discloses how, just as Dasein is its world existingly, the lived-body is its earthly ground livingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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