extant copy

collocation in English

meaningsofextantandcopy

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extant
adjective
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/ekˈstænt/us
/ekˈstænt/us
/ˈek.stənt/
used to refer to something very old that is ...
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copy
noun
uk
/ˈkɒp.i/us
/ˈkɑː.pi/
something that has been made to be exactly like ...
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(Definition ofextantandcopyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There also is anextantcopyof his passport that gives his birth year as 1883.
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Theextantcopyhas the form of a scroll, about 5 meters (16 ft) long.
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The extent of textual contamination in the extant copies suggests that the text was widely disseminated.
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Noextantcopyis known to exist.
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This is the oldestextantcopy.
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Some scholars assert that the extant copies do not all go back to the same prototext.
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There remain two extant copies of the codex.
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No extant copies are known to exist anymore.
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In fact, the film was banned throughout the western world and most of the extant copies were destroyed.
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The earliest of the extant copies was made in the 15th century.
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The author responded saying that he had merely edited extant copies of the epic and not modified the original epic.
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Thus, a key step in performing a translation is to establish what the "original" text was, typically by comparing extant copies.
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There are almost 40 extant copies of the original 1726/27 edition.
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