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Meaning of existent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  existent
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {existent},
             {existing}] [ant: {nonexistent}]
      2: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
         existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not
         ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real
         humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn:
         {real}, {existent}] [ant: {unreal}]
      3: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or
         possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual
         temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined
         conditions" [syn: {actual}, {existent}] [ant: {possible},
         {potential}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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