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extant

Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.stənt/

The English word “extant” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Still in existence; not having disappeared.
  2. Still alive; not extinct.
  3. Standing out, or above the rest.

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, extāns, present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

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