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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

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

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