extant

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, from extō, from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstənt/, /ɛkˈstænt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstænt/, /ˈɛkstənt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɛkstənt

extant (not comparable)

1. Still in existence.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

2. Currently existing; not having disappeared.
3. Still alive; not extinct.
4. (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.

• (still in existence): existent, existing; see also Thesaurus:existent

• (still alive): extinct

• then-extant

extant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of extō