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exist | beginningless |

As a verb exist

is to be; have existence; have being or reality.

As an adjective beginningless is

incomplete for lack of a beginning.

exist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to be; have existence; have being or reality
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    • Various relationships may exist between character and glyph:
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    • , regardless of whether those characters also existed in other character encoding standards.
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    • , which will be treated either as an update of the existing character encoding or as a completely new character encoding.

    Synonyms

    * be

    Derived terms

    * existence * existent * existential * existentialist * existentialism * existentially

    Related terms

    * coexist * coexistence * preexist * preexistence

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    Anagrams

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    beginningless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Incomplete for lack of a beginning.
  • * 1829 , Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review
    • But besides this imperfect beginningless story, entitled "William Montgomery," we find in the volume another, of which the title-page gives no hint.
  • Eternal; uncreated; having always existed.
  • * 1980 , Rajneesh, Osho, Yoga Vivek, Prem Chinmaya, Ananda Prem, The Supreme Doctrine: Discourses on the Kenopanishad
    • Backwards, it spreads to the beginningless beginning. Forwards, it spreads to the endless end. We are always in the middle.
  • * 2004 , David Michie, Buddhism for Busy People
    • Beginningless time is one of those concepts which, in our human state, we find difficult to comprehend.