how to pronounce существовать

/sʊɕːɪstvɐˈvatʲ/

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the above transcription of существовать is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

существовать is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of существовать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… вместе существовать близко в принципе на …”

meanings of существовать

verb:

To exist, to be, to live.

существовать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word существовать occurs in russian on average 14.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.