Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extant

/ˈɛk.stənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tant
IPA: /ˈɛk.stənt/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Still in existence; not having disappeared.

adj

Still alive; not extinct.

adj

Standing out, or above the rest.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"extant manuscripts of the Old Testament"
"During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]"
"This English Nation, will it get to know the meaning of its strange new Today? Is there sense enough extant, discoverable anywhere or anyhow, in our united twenty-seven million heads to discern the same; valour enough in our twenty-seven million hearts to dare and do the bidding thereof?"
"There are many narrow-gauge systems still extant."
"Demetreius of Phalerum, a peripatetic philosopher of the fourth century B.C., wrote an amatory treatise entitled Eroticus - no longer, however, extant."
"Some have argued that no one moment and/or process of textual formation should be presumed for any of these texts, and that they were constantly in a state of becoming, but the extant evidence does not support such a position."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: extantem

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛk.stənt/
British English: /ɛkˈstænt/

Usage

Obsolete

Derived Forms

nonextant

Phrases

then-extant

Frequently Paired Words

extance extancy

Synonyms

existent existing essential extant alive and kicking living vital above ground alive alive and well animate animated

Antonyms

inextant extinct

Rhymes With

plant grant cant aunt ant little black ant coral plant transplant rant chant implant argentine ant

Questions

How do you pronounce extant?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛk.stənt/.
What does extant mean?: Still in existence; not having disappeared.
Where does extant come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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