existing

(verb) have an existence, be extant. Synonyms: exist, be. Example: "Is there a god?."

(verb) support oneself. Synonyms: exist, survive, live, subsist. Examples: "He could barely exist on such a low wage." "Can you live on $2000 a month in new york city?." "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day."

(adj) presently existing. Example: "The existing system."

(adj) having existence or being or actuality. Synonyms: existent (vs. nonexistent). Examples: "An attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient." "Much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the soviet union and iran."

(adj) existing in something specified. Example: "Depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream."