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| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be alive, have being, have place |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | befall, come about, occur, transpire, come to pass, take place |
| Main Entry: | consist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist, reside |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, dwell, lie, repose, rest, subsist, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, inhere |
| Main Entry: | subsist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep going, living |
| Synonyms: | be, breathe, continue, endure, exist, get along*, get by*, hang on*, hang tough*, last, live, manage, move, remain, survive, sustain, barely exist, eke out a living, eke out an existence, hang in, just make it, make ends meet, make it, remain alive, ride out*, scrape by, stay alive, stick it out, stick with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be extant, be latent, be present |
| Antonyms: | die |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, breathe, continue, endure, get along, get by, last, lead, maintain, move, pass, persist, prevail, remain, subsist, survive, be alive, draw breath, have life, make it, remain alive |
| Antonyms: | cease, depart, die |
| Main Entry: | represent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | present image of; symbolize |
| Synonyms: | be, betoken, body, copy, embody, enact, epitomize, equal, equate, exemplify, exhibit, express, factor, imitate, impersonate, mean, perform, personify, produce, put on, reproduce, serve, show, stage, stand for, steward, substitute, typify, act as, act as broker, act for, act in place of, appear as, assume the role of, be agent for, be attorney for, be proxy for, buy for, correspond to, do business for, emblematize, hold office, play the part, sell for, serve as, speak for |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, bide, carry on, cling, exist, go on, hang on*, hold, hold out, last, linger, live, outlast, outlive, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive, sustain, wear, be left, be long lived, be timeless, carry through, have no end, hold on, keep on, live on, never say die, perdure, ride out*, run on, stay on, stick to, superannuate, wear on, wear well |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be situated |
| Synonyms: | be, belong, beset, exist, extend, occupy, prevail, reach, remain, spread, stretch, be beside, be buried, be established, be even, be fixed, be found, be interred, be level, be located, be on, be placed, be seated, be smooth, have its seat in |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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