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Dictionary: ex·tant   (ĕk'stənt, ĕk-stănt') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct: extant manuscripts.
  2. Archaic. Standing out; projecting.

[Latin exstāns, exstant-, present participle of exstāre, to stand out : ex-, ex- + stāre, to stand.]


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adjective

  1. Occurring or existing in act or fact: actual, existent. See be, real/imaginary.
  2. Having existence or life: alive, around, existent, existing, living. See live/die.

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adj

Definition: in existence
Antonyms: dead, extinct, gone


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Still existing and known.

pronunciation The horseshoe crab lived at the time of the dinosaurs and is still extant even today.

Tutor's tip: They probed the "extent" (amount, area, degree) of the collection to see if one of the few "extant" (still in existence) paintings by the artist might be found.

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Common misspelling(s) of extant

  • extint

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bevaret, eksisterende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bestaand, niet verloren gegaan

Français (French)
adj. - existant, qui existe encore

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorhanden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υφιστάμενος, (δια)σωζόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
ancora esistente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - existente

Русский (Russian)
существующий, живой, нынешний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - existente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bevarad, i behåll, kvarvarande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
现存的, 未毁的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 現存的, 未毀的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남아 있는, 현존하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 現存している, 現存する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) باق, موجود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קיים, עדיין נמצא‬


 
 
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