preexist

See also: preëxist and pre-exist

English

Alternative forms

• præ-exist, præexist (obsolete)
• preëxist (rare)
• pre-exist

Etymology

pre- +‎ exist

Verb

preexist (third-person singular simple present preexists, present participle preexisting, simple past and past participle preexisted)

1. To exist before something else.

   The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.

Derived terms

• preexistence
• preexistent

Translations

to exist prior to

• Bulgarian: съществувам по-рано (sǎštestvuvam po-rano)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先前存在 (xiānqián cúnzài), 先於……存在／先于……存在 (xiān yú... cúnzài)

• Finnish: olla olemassa
• French: préexister (fr), (rare) pré-exister
• Italian: preesistere (it)
• Macedonian: претпостои (pretpostoi)
• Russian: существова́ть до (suščestvovátʹ do)
• Spanish: preexistir (es)

Anagrams

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