# existed

Pronunciation: say "ig-ZIS-tid" /ɪɡˈzɪstɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of exist. — simple past and past participle of exist
   - Simple: Past tense of exist. Use this form for something that was real or present in the past.
   - _Strong evidence suggests that vast lakes once existed on the surface of Mars._
   - _Few written records of the lost colony existed by the time researchers went looking._

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