adjective
- existing; having existence.
- now existing.
noun
- a person or thing that exists.
adjective
- in existence; extant; current
- having existence; living
noun
- a person or a thing that exists
adj.1560s, a back-formation from existence, or else from Latin existentem/exsistentem (nominative existens/exsistens), present participle of existere/exsistere (see existence).