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extant

adj
/ˈɛk.stənt/US/ɛkˈstænt/UK

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, extāns, present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

  1. borrowed from extantem

Definitions

  1. Still in existence

    Still in existence; not having disappeared.

    • extant manuscripts of the Old Testament

  2. Still alive

    Still alive; not extinct.

    • birds are the only extant dinosaurs
    • I reckon that this one Duke of Weimar did more for the Culture of his Nation than all the English Dukes and Duces now extant, or that were extant since Henry the Eighth gave them the Church Lands to eat, have done for theirs![…]

  3. Standing out, or above the rest.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonextant, then-extant

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for extant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA