preexist

See also: preëxist and pre-exist

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Verb

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

To exist before something else.
The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.

Derived terms

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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