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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ek-stuh nt, ik-stant
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt

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Définition of extant

Origin :
  • 1540s, "standing out above a surface," from Latin extantem (nominative extans), present participle of extare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "in existence" attested in English by 1560s.
  • adj in existence
Example sentences :
  • It is a matter of much regret that so few of his Gaelic poems are extant.
  • Extract from : « The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 » by Various
  • No extant writer mentions them older than Cicero and Cornelius Nepos.
  • Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato
  • That stanza, as it stands above, does not occur in any of the extant quasi-originals.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury
  • He also thought he was safe in assuming that the edition by Berthelet was the only one extant.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • These are among the oldest representatives of the plant world now extant.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • But this view is confirmed by nothing in the prelate's extant correspondence.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • A priced catalogue of the books printed by Christian Wechel is extant.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • There are extant also, drawings of these letters preserved by Hern.
  • Extract from : « Mysticism and its Results » by John Delafield
  • A particular account of the "Pretender's Magazine" is extant.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. » by Mrs. Thomson
  • If it were only extant as a whole, it would be one of the most notable of poems.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker

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