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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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Extant
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| regard or treat with reverence |
| acquaintances, friends, neighbors; persons living in the same general locality forming a cohesive group |
Example Sentences
- The extant literature on this view is substantial .
- Some of the disparity stems from the Puritan strain extant even in the literary precincts of our culture.
- Of course, the extant of that relationship is not yet known.
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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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