EXTANT


Meaning of EXTANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈek-stənt; ek-ˈstant, ˈek-ˌ ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin exstant-, exstans, present participle of exstare to stand out, be in existence, from ex- + stare to stand — more at stand

Date: 1545

1. archaic : standing out or above

2.

a. : currently or actually existing

the most charming writer extant — G. W. Johnson

b. : still existing : not destroyed or lost

extant manuscripts

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.