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extant

still existing; not destroyed: There is only one extant copy of the book.

Not to be confused with:

extent – range; distance; measure; length; degree: He is agreeable to some extent.

extinct – no longer in use; no longer existing: Many animals are now extinct.

ex·tant

(ĕk′stənt, ĕk-stănt′)

adj.

1. Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct:extant manuscripts.

2.Archaic Standing out; projecting.

[Latinexstāns, exstant-, present participle ofexstāre,to stand out :ex-,ex- +stāre,to stand; seestā- inIndo-European roots.]

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extant

(ɛkˈstænt; ˈɛkstənt)

adj

1.still in existence; surviving

2.archaic standing out; protruding

[C16: from Latinexstāns standing out, fromexstāre, fromstāre to stand]

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 (notthe deadliest element extant)

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ex•tant

(ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt)

adj.

1. still existing; not destroyed or lost: only three extant copies of the document.

2.Archaic. standing out; protruding.

[1535–45; < Latinex(s)tant-, s. ofex(s)tāns, present participle ofexstāre to stand out, exist =ex-ex-¹ +stāre tostand]

extant

- Comes from Latin ex-, "out," and stare, "to stand," and means "currently or actually in existence."

extant

adjectivein existence,existing,remaining,surviving,living,existent,subsisting,undestroyedThe oldest extant copy is dated 1492.

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extant

adjective

1.Occurring or existing in act or fact:

actual,existent.

2.Having existence or life:

alive,around,existent,existing,living.

Translations

موجود، لا يزال قائِما

dochovalýdochovanýexistující

bevareteksisterende

σωζόμενος υπάρχων

existant

sem er til, sem hefur varîveist

ancora esistente

išlikęs

pastāvošssaglabājies

istniejący

existente remanescente

existujúci

hâlâ mevcut

尚存的

extant

[eksˈtænt]ADJ →existente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

extant

[ɛkˈstænt]adj (=existing) →quiexiste encore
to be still extant →subsister

extant

adj →(noch)vorhandenorexistent

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

extant

[ɛksˈtænt]adj (frm) →esistente

extant

(ekˈstӕnt) , ((American) ˈekstənt) adjective

still existing. nog bestaande موجود، لا يزال قائِما съществуващ existente existující noch vorhanden bevaret; eksisterendeσωζόμενος,υπάρχωνexistente säilinud موجود؛ باقی olemassaoleva qui existe encoreקיים वर्तमान postojeći (még) létező masih ada sem (enn) er til, sem hefur varðveistancora esistente 現存の 현존해 있는 išlikęs (iki mūsų laikų) pastāvošs; saglabājies masih wujud nog bestaand som fortsatt eksisterer/finnesistniejący موجود ،پاتىexistente existent сохранившийся existujúci obstoječ postojeći kvarvarande, bevarad, ännu befintlig ที่มีอยู่ hâlâ mevcut 尚存的 існуючий, збережений دستیاب hiện có尚存的

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