extant
Use Extant in a sentence
stənt, ɪkˈstænt adjective
1.
in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2.
Archaic. standing out; protruding.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | still in existence; surviving |
| 2. | archaic standing out; protruding |
| usage 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) | |
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Word Origin & History
extant
1545, "standing out above a surface," from L. extantem, prp. of extare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex- "out" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "in existence" appeared in Eng. 1561.
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Example sentences
Let's go through the extant familiar forms of political dissent more rigorously.
Over the last decade, almost all of her extant writings have been translated and published or reprinted.
The successful reintroduction could offer lessons for the reintroduction of other extant species.
The goal was to determine the ranges of currently extant species.
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