Word of the Day 03/20/23 Exant
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Extant (adjective)
ex·tant [ek-stuhnt, ik-stant] (previously 09-10-13)
adjective
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH EXTANT
extent
OTHER WORDS FROM EXTANT
non·ex·tant, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO EXTANT
surviving, actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, undestroyed
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ORIGIN: 1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent to ex-ex- + stāre to stand
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ex·tant [ek-stuhnt, ik-stant] (previously 09-10-13)
adjective
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH EXTANT
extent
OTHER WORDS FROM EXTANT
non·ex·tant, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO EXTANT
surviving, actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, undestroyed
See synonyms for extant on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent to ex-ex- + stāre to stand
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.