extant
[ ek-stuhnt, ik-stant ]
/ ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt /
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adjective
in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
Archaic. standing out; protruding.
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Origin of extant
OTHER WORDS FROM extant
non·ex·tant, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH extant
extant , extentWords nearby extant
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extant
/ (ɛkˈstænt, ˈɛkstənt) /
adjective
still in existence; surviving
archaic standing out; protruding
Word Origin for extant
C16: from Latin exstāns standing out, from exstāre, from stāre to stand
usage for extant
Extant is sometimes wrongly used simply to say that something exists, without any connotation of survival: plutonium is perhaps the deadliest element in existence (not the deadliest element extant)
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