extant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Still existing; not lost or destroyed.

   Only a few extant copies of the medieval manuscript survive today.

2. 2
   adj

   Still alive as a species; not extinct.

   Crocodiles are among the oldest extant reptiles on Earth.

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

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