Wordiyopreexist
🇬🇧 UK/'priːɪɡ'zɪst/🇺🇸 US/.pri:ig'zist/
A2
Definitions
v.
To exist before something else or before a particular point in time
先于…存在；先前存在
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.preexist the universe先于宇宙存在
- 2.[preexist one's diagnosis]早于确诊时便存在
- 3.preexist the conflict早于冲突而存在
- 4.[preexist the body]先于肉体存在
Example Sentences
- 1.
Many philosophers argue that the soul preexists the body it inhabits.
- 2.
The conflict preexisted the current administration by several decades.
- 3.
Certain genetic conditions may preexist birth and go undetected for years.