extant
English
Etymology
First attested in 1545, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin extantem, from extō, from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɛkstənt/, /ɛkˈstænt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɛkˈstænt/, /ˈɛkstənt/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ænt, -ɛkstənt
Adjective
extant (not comparable)
- Still in existence.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- Currently existing; not having disappeared.
- Still alive; not extinct.
- (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
Synonyms
- (still in existence): existent, existing; see also Thesaurus:existent
Antonyms
- (still alive): extinct
Derived terms
Translations
still in existence
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currently existing; not having disappeared
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still alive; not extinct
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) extant