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existed

/ɪɡˈzɪstɪd/

Meanings
verb
(stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

Examples :

"Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago. "
being philosophy time

Related Words

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being noun

/ˈbiːɪŋ/ /ˈbiŋ/

A living creature.

"The being in the classroom was quiet today. "

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years noun

/ji.ə(ɹ)z/

A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).

"we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago"

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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have noun

/hæv/ /həv/

A wealthy or privileged person.

"The wealthy have in our town often send their children to private schools. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration millions

millions noun

/ˈmɪljənz/

(long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106; a thousand thousand.

"The city's population is over two millions. "

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reality noun

/ɹiˈæləti/

The state of being actual or real.

"The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend."

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stative noun

/ˈsteɪtɪv/

(grammar) A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.

""In English grammar, the stative describes verb tenses that describe conditions and states of being, such as 'to be' or 'to have'." "

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dinosaurs noun

/ˈdaɪnəˌsɔrz/ /ˈdaɪnəˌsɔərz/

In scientific usage, any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.

"Many children are fascinated by dinosaurs, especially the huge ones that lived millions of years ago. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

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ago adjective

/əˈɡəʊ/ /əˈɡoʊ/

Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

"in days ago/in days agone"

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existence noun

/ɛɡ.ˈzɪs.təns/

The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

"In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence."