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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tant /ˈɛkstənt, ɪkˈstænt/USA pronunciation adj. - still existing: There are three extant copies of the document.
See -stat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tant (ek′stənt, ik stant′),USA pronunciation adj. - in existence;
still existing;
not destroyed or lost:There are only three extant copies of the document. - [Archaic.]standing out;
protruding.
- Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + stāre to stand
- 1535–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: extant /ɛkˈstænt; ˈɛkstənt/ adj - still in existence; surviving
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin exstāns standing out, from exstāre, from stāre to standUSAGE
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) |