extant

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; ; - Edward Clodd

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, extāns, present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

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