1.VerbOf the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.
"Let there be light.; There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]; There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]; Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]; No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]; There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]; I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]; There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]; There have to be two people at the post."