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extant Definition

ex·tant (eks′tənt; ek stant′, ik-)

adjective

  1. still existing; not extinct; not lost or destroyed
  2. Archaic standing out; conspicuous

Etymology: L extans, exstans, prp. of exstare, to stand out or forth < ex-, out + stare, stand

extant Synonyms

extant

modif.

surviving, living, existent, existing, undestroyed, in existence, not lost, not extinct, in current use.

extant Usage Examples

Preposition: at

time: All the references listed are extant at the time of writing.

Modifies a noun

  • manuscript: The title of Hebrews has the same wording in all extant manuscripts.
  • colony: Local Status There are no extant colonies in Lancashire.
  • literature: This is an important piece of work to add to the pile of extant literature on the subject.
  • fragment: A runic cross, is dates back to about AD 680 and bears the oldest extant fragment of written English.
  • population: Four of the five extant populations are protected within SSSIs.
  • permission: There are a number of sites which still have extant permissions.

Modifying Another Word

  • still: The earliest account still extant of these events is in The Civil Wars penned by Julius Caesar himself.
  • yet: Simon wrote a work called the " Great Announcement, " a fragment of which is yet extant in a quotation made by Hippolytus.
  • now: II, may be regarded as an Index, not far short of complete, of all Leonardo s literary works now extant.
  • already: This would increase the already extant opportunities for a spurious defense.
  • currently: Will all the FF1600 championships currently extant survive into the new season?
  • only: It is the only extant example of Burns writing in his colloquial Ayrshire Scots.

Used with adjective complement

remain: Further, an option on a building will remain extant on the land on which the building stood.

Preposition: in

  • century: The Black Book indicates that wolves were extant in the early 17th century.
  • library: It was extant in the library of St. Gallen in the ninth century ( No.
  • copy: A substantial proportion of the titles listed in the Supplement are likely to be extant in unique copies.
  • country: Mechanisms are being put in place which nullify any law extant in any country which gets in the way of the corporations.
  • form: There are also other works not yet published but extant in manuscript form.

Preposition: for

year: The original proposal for waste management licenses was that current disposal licenses could remain extant for three years.