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EXTANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

Example:

specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

living (still in active use)

living; surviving (still in existence)

Also:

existent; existing (having existence or being or actuality)

Antonym:

extinct (no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives)

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