Definitions for extant

extant ex·tant

Spelling: [ek-stuh nt, ik-stant]
IPA: /ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt/

Extant is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in extant (aenttx).

Definitions for extant

adjective

  1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost:
  2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.

Origin of extant

1535-45; Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + stāre to stand

Examples for extant

That stanza, as it stands above, does not occur in any of the extant quasi-originals.

In London it is located in the Duveen Gallery where half the extant marbles sit under white light as if in a morgue.

It is a matter of much regret that so few of his Gaelic poems are extant.

The extant issues are numerous but at least we know what they are.

In fact, Lau believes that cases of sexual assault do not belong in a university, but in the extant legal and judicial systems.

Today,” Deptula said, “the Russians have an extant significant advantage in their surface to air capabilities.

No extant writer mentions them older than Cicero and Cornelius Nepos.

He also thought he was safe in assuming that the edition by Berthelet was the only one extant.

Alas, CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler has already said that if extant is a hit like Dome, it will return next year.

These are among the oldest representatives of the plant world now extant.

Word Value for extant
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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