9.1.1.1 Exist
Use this domain for words indicating that something exists.
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(1) What words are used to indicate that something exists?
Example words: exist, existence, there is, there exists, there lives, be, be found, occur, be in existence, be in operation, real
<There is> a man....; <There was> a man....; <There exists> evidence....; Evidence <exists>....; God <exists>.; I think, therefore I <am>.; Once upon a time <there lived> a man....
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(2) What words refer to something starting to exist?
Example words: appear, arise, coalesce, come into being, come into existence, come to be, develop, emerge, form, materialize, spring up, take shape
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(3) What words refer to continuing to exist?
Example words: remain, persist, persistence, survive, survival, survivor
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(4) What words refer to something ceasing to exist?
Example words: become extinct, extinction, die out, disappear, vanish, cease to exist, disappearance, disintegrate, disintegration, fade, loss
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(5) What words refer to not existing?
Example words: non-existent, extinct, there's no, there's no such thing