extant (redirected from Extant (disambiguation))

ex·tant  (kstnt, k-stnt)

adj.

1. Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct: extant manuscripts.

2. Archaic Standing out; projecting.

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[Latin exstns, exstant-, present participle of exstre, to stand out : ex-, ex- + stre, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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extant [ɛkˈstænt ˈɛkstənt]

adj

1. still in existence; surviving

2. Archaic standing out; protruding

[from Latin exstāns standing out, from exstāre, from stāre to stand]

Usage: Extant is sometimes wrongly used simply to say that something exists, without any connotation of survival: plutonium is perhaps the deadliest element in existence (not the deadliest element extant)

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extant - Comes from Latin ex-, "out," and stare, "to stand," and means "currently or actually in existence."

See also related terms for stare.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

extant - still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd existent, existing - having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" extinct, nonextant - no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"

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extant

adjective in existence, existing, remaining, surviving, living, existent, subsisting, undestroyed The oldest extant copy is dated 1492.

Translations

extant [eksˈtænt] ADJ → existente

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extant [ɛkˈstænt] adj (= existing) → qui existe encore
to be still extant → subsister

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extant

adj → (noch) vorhanden or existent

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extant [ɛksˈtænt] adj (frm) → esistente

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extant

adj extant [ekˈstӕnt, (American ) ˈekstənt]

still existing. nog bestaande موجود، لا يزال قائِما съществуващ existující bevaret; eksisterende noch vorhanden (δια)σωζόμενος, υπάρχων existente säilinud موجود؛ باقی olemassaoleva qui existe encore קַייָם वर्तमान postojeći (még) létező masih ada sem (enn) er til, sem hefur varðveist ancora esistente 現存の 현존해 있는 išlikęs (iki mūsų laikų) pastāvošs; saglabājies masih wujud nog bestaand som fortsatt eksisterer/finnes istniejący existente existent сохранившийся existujúci obstoječ postojeći kvarvarande, bevarad, ännu befintlig ที่มีอยู่ hâlâ mevcut 尚存的 існуючий, збережений دستیاب hiện có 尚存的