# extant

Pronunciation: US say "EK-stuhnt" /ˈɛk.stənt/; UK say "ek-STANT" /ɛkˈstænt/

## Adjective

1. Still in existence; surviving, rather than having been lost, destroyed or died out.
   - Simple: Still existing today, and not lost, destroyed or died out.
   - _Only two extant copies of the first edition are known to collectors._
   - _Several of the station's original buildings are still extant beside the old line._

## Adjective

2. Standing out from a surface, or rising above what surrounds it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Sticking out, or standing higher than the things around it.

## Origin

Latin extō ("to stand out, exist"), built from ex- ("out") and stō ("stand"), had the present participle extāns, which entered English, with the first record in 1545.

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