existingex‧ist‧ing /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/ ●●○ S3 W2 adjective [only before noun] 
the existing laws The service is available to all existing customers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Forbes suggests getting rid of the existing tax system.
- Many people feel that the existing law discriminates against women.
- The existing building is too small, and there are plans to replace it within the next five years.
- All rural settlements in the areas were classified according to their size, existing facilities and the scope for further development.
- Certainly, positivism did also produce social determinist critiques of the existing order.
- In such cases a clean break at 16+ removed many existing constraints and frustrations.
- It is vital to have accurate knowledge of existing air quality, yet in practice, problems arise.
- On the other hand, there were grave limitations in using existing adult education institutions for radical education and action.
- Other new items added to existing ranges were also included in the Spring Launch.
- The existing research has also been conducted after the new technology has been installed.
- This fear of fear will both provoke further symptoms as well as preventing the existing ones from diminishing naturally.
THESAURUS
[only before noun] happening or existing now: · The present situation could get much worse.· the present century· There are no plans to build more houses here at the present time.
[only before noun] present – used especially about something that is not expected to stay the same for long: · current trends in fashion· the current state of the UK economy
[only before noun] formal existing or being used now – used about things or situations that you think may be changed in the future: · The existing offices are too small.· The proposal will strengthen existing immigration laws.
[only before noun] used about the art, writing, ideas, society etc that belong to the present time: · the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art and design· contemporary music in Russia
used about conditions and attitudes that exist now, when you are comparing them with those that existed in the past: · People struggle to keep up with the pace of life in today’s world of instant communications.· the liberal ideology of today
Longman Language Activatorexisting, happening, or relating to now the present situation is the one that exists now; your present job, address etc is the one that you have now: · Arnaud lived in Los Angeles before moving to his present home in New York.· He warned that the present situation could get much worse.
use this about things or situations that exist now, when you think they may be changed in the future: · The existing building is too small, and there are plans to replace it within the next five years.· Many people feel that the existing law discriminates against women.
use this about a situation or activity which is happening now, but which is not expected to continue for a long time: · In the current economic situation, switching careers may not be such a good idea.· Coca-Cola's current advertising campaigncurrent level/rate/price: · The aim is to reduce current pollution levels in the Black Sea.· According to one economist, at the current growth rate, China will have the largest economy in the world by 2030.
use this about social, economic, or political conditions and attitudes that exist now, when you are comparing them with those that existed in the past: · The first computers were extremely slow by today's standards.· The teenagers of today have a different attitude to sex.
a present-day situation, fact, idea etc is one that exists now rather than in the past: · Modern-day equipment has made mining much safer than it was.· There is no modern-day racing driver who could be compared with Fangio.· Prussia reached its zenith in 1795, encompassing most of northern Germany and present-day Poland.
belonging to the present time or most recent time and not to the past: · I don't like modern architecture at all.· The pyramids are a remarkable piece of engineering, even judged by modern standards.· The most compelling work in the modern British theater is being created in the smaller and non-profit theaters.
contemporary art, writing, thought, society etc is the type that exists, is accepted, or belongs to, the present time: · Contemporary Indian cinema has its roots in folk culture.· the declining importance of religion in contemporary societies
a story, subject, problem etc that is topical is interesting because it deals with something that is important at the moment: · It's an old story but it has a topical message.· In the 1970s, he recorded topical songs about Watergate and the Vietnam War.· The editor thinks that if an article isn't topical it isn't worth publishing.
someone who exists now and is a very similar type of person as someone who existed in the past: · Romer portrayed himself as a latter-day Robin Hood who took money and gave it to the underprivileged.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Inform your doctor of any pre-existing medical condition.
(=one that you already have)· We are very keen to keep our existing clients happy.
(=that you already have)· We want to improve our service for both new and existing customers.
· The current lease still has 12 years to run.
· The existing legislation may need to be amended.
Inform your doctor of any pre-existing medical condition.· The current system of taxation is unnecessarily complicated.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· However, a real plant will be constrained by the amount of already existing plant material and its needs.· In medieval times it was merely an alternative to the already existing Great Northern Road.· We are considering the effect of increasing an already existing corporate tax.· Does this also mean that a different kind of art history will be added to that already existing in the West?· We will be competing for their business with already existing companies there which offer complete financial services.· Evolution proceeds by the accidental combination of already existing stable sub-assemblies, thereby producing new stable assemblies of higher complexity.· The second involves conversion of already existing paper documents into a format that the computer can process. 1.2.1.
NOUN· The work was carried out during the period 1980-1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition.· Alifabs Ambassador extruded aluminium fascia gutter and rainwater system is the design ideal for both new and existing buildings.· A more plausible alternative was the renovation of existing buildings, some of which had originally been solid structures.· The regulations also apply to new buildings and alterations and extensions of existing buildings.· All existing buildings should also be seen as a potential resource.· However, where a company is involved in small works or renovation of existing buildings, it may be essential.· It proved to planners and developers that modern, desirable office accommodation could be provided in existing buildings.· The new provisions for smoke detectors will be enforced by each local authority, as part of its existing Building Control function.
· But the existing business organization has a great many middle-management positions that are supposed to prepare and test a person.· Its strategy is to acquire engineering companies in niche markets and dispose of existing businesses to reduce borrowings.· This addition complements Labspace's existing business in the manufacture of lab furniture, fume cupboards and associated equipment.· Now we are trying to target some of the 8,000 existing businesses who should be looking to use our facilities.· So no existing business was split.· That will leave management free to concentrate on the existing businesses which are not having an easy time of it.· There will also be a daily session introducing franchising as a way to expand an existing business or develop a new venture.· Most investors in any industry have preferred to build new factories rather than take over existing businesses.
· Again, 3i differs here in that 35% of all the money it invests goes to its existing customer base.· For existing customers the offer is worth up to £500.· Over the past 18 months we have launched a number of products offering opportunities for existing customers.· They can sell this package to their existing customers.· It means offering existing customers the new model two weeks before they seek a replacement from your competitors.· Upgrades are available for existing customers.· Upgrades are free to existing customer with maintenance agreements.· Under the deal, S & N will continue to sell and distribute Nivea to existing customers for the next 10 years.
· Adult educators in all sectors have attempted to make access to existing facilities easier; and/or special programmes have been developed.· In practice these allocations reflected the scale of existing facilities and their resident populations.· Investment to both upgrade existing facilities and extend our range of services has therefore been made to strengthen our position.· All rural settlements in the areas were classified according to their size, existing facilities and the scope for further development.· The irony being, of course, that climbing on the new wall would be considerably safer than soloing on the existing facilities.· For a few years the child population remained at pre-war size and existing facilities could match demand.· They feel that these systems are expensive and unnecessary, especially since they undermine firms' existing facilities for small orders.· It is currently committed to a multi-million pound improvement programme involving new plant and upgrading existing facilities.
· The project will build upon existing knowledge in the following ways.· Discourse which underestimates the degree of existing knowledge becomes boring; discourse which overestimates it becomes incomprehensible.· Much of our existing knowledge has been gathered from descriptive studies which lack controls and proper sampling procedures.· An attempt can be made to relate new information to existing knowledge.· Gaps in our existing knowledge will be highlighted.· The Cobe evidence will flesh out the skeleton of existing knowledge and allow astronomers to begin to chose between competing cosmological theories.· First, it will clarify and consolidate existing knowledge about the role of the Treasury in public policy-making.· The film should reinforce existing knowledge and then introduce further topics, concepts and principles.
· Most such attempts, it concluded, are actually perpetrated by authorised users, and can usually be covered by existing law.· This probably repeats the existing law.· The existing law stated that only those who had been granted citizenship would be enfranchised.· This probably changes the existing law, making the offence more difficult to prove.· Governments - extending regulations to cover more corporate activities either through new laws or tougher enforcement of existing laws.· Under existing law only victims of racial discrimination were eligible for such damages.· It is sometimes said that judges are entitled to make extrajudicial statements critical of the existing law and advocating reform.· The existing law is riddled with loopholes and anomalies.
· In the meantime, existing legislation applies.· So let us have no talk of building on the existing legislation.· The Assembly passed a law on civil aviation and amended existing legislation on export-import taxes.· Shindler will carry out an environmental compliance audit, to establish how well a company is complying with existing legislation.· It has made it quite clear that it believes that the existing legislation can deal with such matters.· The existing legislation on fringe benefits was to be repealed.· The Bill, which will become law in 1992, makes the existing legislation on selling cigarettes to the under-16s more effective.· Programmes of a racist nature, in keeping with existing legislation, are prohibited.
· It seeks to assess the position of existing policies and to identify possible policy initiatives.· We are making arrangements to delete it from existing policies.· Innovative policies during the campaign raise doubts over existing policies, and raise questions over why reforms weren't introduced earlier.· That is to say, policy changes more frequently take the form of relatively marginal changes to existing policies.· Rather, they accept existing policy instruments as given and make additions or subtractions from them.· The existing policy is one of seeking abortion on demand, up to the point of birth and without legal or medical restriction.· Issues relating to the efficacy or the alignments of new or existing policies were not discussed.· Government officials have acknowledged that existing policies to limit acidic emissions - notably of sulphur dioxide - are inadequate.
· Any future reference to this Product must be made by either the existing Product identifier or this new title.· Even to the extent of formulating new or repackaging existing products to suit specific requirements.· To use an existing product, use option 5.4.4 - View Product Titles, to view the names of all existing products.· A listing of all existing product names can be obtained using option 5.4.4 - View Product Titles.· Other products are treated in the same way, building up a graph of the aggregate sales of existing products.· Enter an existing product identifier in the range 1000 - 999999.· Between this line and that representing the sales of existing products there is now a gap.
· A new service would have to be funded by the Exchequer, not local government using existing services.· The grant was established two years ago to kick-start developments and not to replace funding of existing services.· Success typically gives access to one existing service, such as domiciliary care, and rejects another, such as residential care.· However, it was also realised that existing service provision did not always meet clients' needs.· However, we have inherited such a legacy and we need, too, to work with existing services.· I hope that they will not be interpreted as questioning the adequacy of existing services.· Third, the range of existing services seems unable to cope with the demand.· There may be opportunities to rent out existing service property or surplus service property.
· However, in general, new employees receive some elements of the expenses package given to existing staff.· Help from existing staff should also be sought in publicising the availability of the news-sheet.· Determine how skills can be obtained and take executive action either to recruit or to develop existing staff.· The supervision will be carried out by existing staff within their normal duties.· It is followed by guidance on how to make the best use of existing staff.· Governing bodies will still be subject to the local and national agreements enshrined in existing staff contracts.· With recruitment, too, comes the opportunity for redeploying existing staff soas to widen experience.· The employment of qualified staff and the release of existing staff to vocational training courses.
· The range and quality of the existing stock is also an important factor.· Since it does this without increasing the money supply, it is raising the velocity of the existing stock.· Sanctions meant he could no longer import spares but the value of his existing stock had increased tenfold.· The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner.· First, weeding of existing stock.· Housing issues in the 1970s were more concerned with existing stock than with new developments.· Weeding, and examination of existing stock 3.
· Reform would need to be deep rooted, but existing structures could be modified.· He added the scheme contravened existing structure plans and traffic risk fears had been voiced by local residents.· For the Trinity chapel beyond the presbytery, William was unhampered by an existing structure.· The new accommodation is on one floor, set round a pretty courtyard which echoes the traditional details of the existing structure.· The focal point of this existing structure is the school's policymaking group: The management board.· It should be remembered that the canal engineers had very few existing structures from which to obtain ideas.· To achieve profound change, women must necessarily work within the existing structure.· A gene has the particular effect that it does only because there is an existing structure upon which to work.
· Its acceptance will be helped by the pragmatic approach that Tao Systems is taking in integrating its baby with existing systems.· Agents and exporters should therefore treat them as within the existing system, and include T2 documents where appropriate.· Bright images have become an accepted advantage of the existing system and the new design increases the brightness even further.· Adding depreciation accounting to the existing system has, in the past, not been affordable.· Geoff Cox shows how to add a second hard drive to your existing system.· Before you can have a revolution you have to break down the existing system.· Rather it is usual to claim objective virtues for the existing system which would be lost by a change from it.· Sukarno Preaches Politics of Consensus During 1956 dissatisfaction with the existing system simmered and eventually boiled.
· The basis of valuation was the rights' economic value in their existing use within the group's business.· In order to do this health authorities must have comprehensive information about the existing use of health care.· This may often be the avowed policy, but the planning acts explicitly permit the continuance of existing uses.· It is essential that existing use of the line is not only maintained but increased.· Local councils, housing associations, and self-help groups should be enabled to buy suitable land for building at existing use value.· They can interfere with existing uses and revoke a permission already given, even if the development has actually been carried out.
WORD FAMILYnounexistence ≠ non-existenceexistentexistentialismexistentialistcoexistenceadjectiveexistent ≠ nonexistentexistingpre-existingexistentialexistentialistverbexistcoexist
present or being used now: the existing laws The service is available to all existing customers.