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• extant — adjective formal still existing in spite of being very old: Few of the manuscripts are extant …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Extant taxon — Extant is a term commonly used to refer to taxa (such as species, genera or families) that are still in existence (living). The term extant contrasts with extinct . For example, Brandt s Cormorant is an extant species, while the Spectacled… …   Wikipedia

• extant — used to mean just ‘existing’, so that heresy, fashion, roads, etc. could all be extant. Now, it means ‘continuing to exist’, i.e. having withstood the ravages of time, so that ancient texts, fossils, species, literature, organisms, old churches,… …   Modern English usage

• extant — [[t]ekstæ̱nt, e̱kstənt[/t]] ADJ If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old. [FORMAL] Two fourteenth century manuscripts of this text are still extant... The oldest extant document is dated 1492. Syn: surviving …   English dictionary

• extant — /ek steuhnt, ik stant /, adj. 1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document. 2. Archaic. standing out; protruding. [1535 45; < L ex(s)tant (s. of ex(s)tans) standing out, prp. of… …   Universalium

• extant — ex|tant [ıkˈstænt] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: exstans, present participle of exstare to stand out, exist , from stare to stand ] still existing in spite of being very old ▪ Few of the manuscripts are still extant …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• List of extant baronetcies — Baronetage of England (1611 1705)King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on… …   Wikipedia

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