Meanings
verbpreexist (third-person singular simple present preexists, present participle preexisting, simple past and past participle preexisted)
present singular third person preexists · participle present preexisting · participle past preexisted · past preexisted · alternative pre-exist · alternative præ-exist · alternative præexist · alternative preëxist
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishexist
- Englishpreexist
Translations
Bulgarian съществувам по-рано
- съществувам по-рано (săštestvuvam po-rano)to exist prior to
Catalan preexistir
- preexistirto exist prior to
Chinese Mandarin 先前存在, 先於……存在 /先于……存在
- 先前存在 (xiānqián cúnzài)to exist prior to
- 先於……存在 /先于……存在 (xiān yú... cúnzài)to exist prior to
Finnish olla olemassa
- olla olemassato exist prior to
French préexister, pré-exister
- préexisterto exist prior to
- pré-existerto exist prior to
Italian preesistere
- preesistereto exist prior to
Portuguese preexistir
- preexistirto exist prior to
Russian существова́ть до
- существова́ть до (suščestvovátʹ do)to exist prior to
Spanish preexistir
- preexistirto exist prior to
Cite this entry
APA
preexist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preexist
MLA
“preexist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preexist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preexist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preexist.
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