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

1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + stāre to stand

OTHER WORDS FROM extant

non·ex·tant, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH extant

extant extent

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)