exist

exist /Çg'zÇst/ v

၁။ (က) တည်သည်။ ရှိသည်။ laws that have existed for hundreds of years ❍ Do you believe fairies exist (ie that there are really fairies)? ❍ Does life exist on Mars? (ခ) တွေ့နိုင်သည်။ တည်ရှိသည်။ This plant exists only in Australia. ❍ Without conservation many species would cease to exist.
၂။ ~ (on sth) အသက်ဆက် နေရသည်။ ရပ်တည်နေရသည်။ We cannot exist without food and water. ❍ He exists on rice and little else. ❍ I can hardly exist on the wages I'm getting.
❏ existence /-ǝns/ n
၁။ [U] ရှိခြင်း။ ဖြစ်တည်ခြင်း။ Do you believe in the existence of ghosts? ❍ This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence (ie that exists). ❍ When did the world come into existence (ie begin to exist)? ❍ I was unaware of his existence until today.
၂။ (က) [sing] ရပ်တည်မှု။ ဘဝ။ living a miserable existence miles from the nearest town ❍ We led a happy enough existence as children. (ခ) [sing, U] အသက်ရှင်ရေး။ ရပ်တည်ရေး။ The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (ie simply in order to survive). ❍ They eke out a bare existence (ie hardly manage to live) on her low salary.
❏ existent /-ǝnt/ adj (fml ) တကယ်ဖြစ်သော။ တကယ်တည်ရှိ သော။ Compare non-existent
❏ existing adj တည်ဆဲ။ existing rates of pay
❍ No changes need be made to the existing rules.