Associations to the word «Extant»

Wiktionary

EXTANT, adjective. Still in existence.
EXTANT, adjective. Currently existing; not having disappeared.
EXTANT, adjective. Still alive; not extinct.

Dictionary definition

EXTANT, adjective. Still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky