Engineers must consider the existing infrastructure when designing a sustainable public transportation system for the city.
工程师在设计城市可持续公共交通系统时必须考虑现有的基础设施。
A nutritionist argues that offering fruit as a free side option at fast-food restaurants leads customers to order fewer fried side dishes overall, not just to add fruit alongside their existing order.
From a Command of Evidence: Textual question · Information and Ideas
Sociologist Marcus Delaney notes that these algorithms are trained on historical arrest data, meaning they can direct increased patrol presence to neighborhoods that were already over-policed in the past, reinforcing existing patterns rather than neutrally identifying risk.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- This variation suggests that onomatopoeia is shaped by a language's existing sound patterns, not purely by the physical sound itself.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “existing”?
C — Currently present or in use. “existing” means currently present or in use.
Which word means “currently present or in use”?
C — existing. “existing” means currently present or in use.
existing — currently present or in use. In Chinese: 现有的，现存的.
existing is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/.
Engineers must consider the existing infrastructure when designing a sustainable public transportation system for the city. (工程师在设计城市可持续公共交通系统时必须考虑现有的基础设施。)
current, present, prevailing — all close in meaning to existing (currently present or in use).
new, future — each the opposite of existing (currently present or in use).
Yes. existing is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.