extant - meaning and definition. What is extant
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What (who) is extant - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Extant (disambiguation)

extant         
If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old. (FORMAL)
Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant...
The oldest extant document is dated 1492.
= surviving
ADJ
extant         
a.
Existing, undestroyed, in being, in existence, not lost.
Extant         
·adj Publicly known; conspicuous.
II. Extant ·adj Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
III. Extant ·adj Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

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Extant

Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to:

  • Extant hereditary titles
  • Extant literature, surviving literature, such as Beowulf, the oldest extant manuscript written in English
  • Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, such as an extant species
  • Extant Theatre Company, a disability arts organisation
  • Extant (TV series), an American television series
  • Hank Hall, also known as Extant, a DC Comics supervillain
Examples of use of extant
1. The show will include 40 paintings, nearly half of the 80 or so that are extant.
2. Extant data suggest that between 350,000 and 400,000 have perished during the past 2' months.
3. There are about 230 recorded as "extant", the majority (147) in north America.
4. The ERU will evolve its strategy for the development of private sector besides reviewing the extant rules and regulations.
5. Doespublications are a precious record of monuments, many no longer extant or, because of political instability, inaccessible.