exist

/ɪgˈzɪst/ verb [I]

Definition

BE REAL › to be real or present: Do you think that fairies exist? Poverty still exists in this country.

LIVE › to live in difficult conditions: You can't exist without water for more than a week.

(Definition of exist verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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