extant
pronunciation
How to pronounce extant in British English:
UK [ekˈstænt]
How to pronounce extant in American English:
US [ekˈstænt]
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- Adjective:
- still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
Word Origin
- extant (adj.)
- 1540s, "standing out above a surface," from Latin extantem (nominative extans), present participle of extare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "in existence" attested in English by 1560s. Related: Extance; extancy, both 17c., both obsolete.
Example
- 1. No portrait of him belonging to this time is extant .
- 2. " The rediscovery of this strong and telling portrait , previously thought lost , is a significant addition to the small extant oeuvre of william larkin and likewise to the iconography of lady anne clifford , who is today revered by feminists as an early exponent of women 's rights , " said weiss .
- 3. Studying extant species to model our past .
- 4. The sixth book is extant .
- 5. This is the extant manuscript of the poem .