extant

Pronunciation key ( ex′stənt ) ( ik-stant′) ( ĕk′stənt ) ( ĕk-stănt′ ) ( ĕks′tənt ) ( ĭk stănt′ )

ex•tant

adj.

[L. < extans, exstans ppr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex-, out + stare, to stand].

1. A condition of still existing and known, in opposition to extinct. Living. Not lost or destroyed: extant manuscripts. Surviving.
2. [Archaic] Conspicuous. Standing out. Projecting. Manifest.

References

The American College Dictionary (Random House) ©1949

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary ©1966-1967

Funk and Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary ©1977

The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition ©1985