Extant
[ɪk'stænt;ek-;'ekst(ə)nt] or [ɛk'stænt]
Definition
(adj.) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; 'extant manuscripts'; 'specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk'- Edward Clodd .
Edited by Greg--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
(a.) Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
(a.) Publicly known; conspicuous.
Edited by Gail
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Existing, undestroyed, in being, in existence, not lost.
Editor: Yvonne
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Existent, surviving, current, forthcoming, present
ANT:Defunct, lost, obsolete, past
Inputed by Enoch
Definition
adj. standing out or above the rest: still standing or existing.
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Examples
- The books are extant to this day, with the fair delicate superscription. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Twelfth Century Documents Written on Linen Paper still Extant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Nor does the mention of it in Aristotle appear to have any reference to this or any other passage in his extant writings. Plato. The Republic.
- Among the technical w ritings of Varro besides the book on agriculture, which is extant, are numbered works on law, mensuration, and naval tactics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There was London, the House of Commons, the extant social world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No reliable description of this machine seems to be extant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She stared out all the time on the narrow, but to her, complete world of the extant consciousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These extant manuscripts date from the seventh century onward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For me was reserved the high honor of discovering among the rubbish of the ruined Coliseum the only playbill of that establishment now extant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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