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Word: Extant
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘able to be publicly seen or reached’): from Latin exstant- ‘being visible or prominent, existing’, from the verb exstare, from ex- ‘out’ + stare ‘to stand’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈstant
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈstant
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛkst(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
still in existence; surviving
Short Definition:still in existence
Examples:- an extant letter
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