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extant adjective [ ɪkˈstant ]

• still in existence; surviving.
• "an extant letter"
Similar: still existing, in existence, surviving, remaining, abiding, enduring, undestroyed, present, existent, living, alive,
Opposite: no longer existing, non-existent, dead,
Origin: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘able to be publicly seen or reached’): from Latin exstant- ‘being visible or prominent, existing’, from the verb exstare, from ex- ‘out’ + stare ‘to stand’.


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