extant
[ ek-stuh nt, ik-stant ]
/ ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt /
adjective
in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
Archaic.
standing out; protruding.
Origin of extant
OTHER WORDS FROM extant
non·ex·tant, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH extant
extant extentWords nearby extant
exstrophy,
exstrophy of bladder,
exstrophy of cloaca,
ext,
ext.,
extant,
extd.,
extemporal,
extemporaneous,
extemporary,
extempore
Example sentences from the Web for extant
British Dictionary definitions for extant
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)