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English

Etymology

First attested in w:1545|1545, from , from , from {{term|ex-|lang=la||out}} + {{term|stare|lang=la||stand}}, from *{{term||sta-|to stand}}.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛkˈstænt/
IPA: /ˈɛkstənt/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-extant.ogg
: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænt|-ænt

Adjective

Still in existence.
Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.

Translations

French:
Greek: {{t|el|υπάρχων|m|tr=iparkhon|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|σωζόμενος|m|tr=sozomenos|sc=Grek}}

Russian: сохранившийся
Polish: {{t|pl|istniejący|m}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extant \Ex"tant\, a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p.
pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare
to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]
1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
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That part of the teeth which is extant above the
gums. --Ray.
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A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.
--Bentley.
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2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
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Writings that were extant at that time. --Sir M.
Hale.
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The extant portraits of this great man. --I. Taylor.
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3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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WordNet extant
adj : still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost;
"extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found
among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd [ant: extinct]

Moby Dictionary
actual , alive , around , as is , being , contemporaneous , contemporary ,
current , existent , existing , fresh , immanent , immediate , in being ,
in effect , in existence , in force , instant , latest , living , modern ,
new , on foot , present , present-age , present-day , present-time ,
prevalent , running , subsistent , subsisting , that be , that is ,
topical , under the sun , up-to-date , up-to-the-minute