extant

UK: /ɛkˈstænt/

US: /ˈɛkstənt, ɪkˈstænt/

US: (ek′stənt, ik stant′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•tant /ˈɛkstənt, ɪkˈstænt/   adj. 

1. still existing:
   There are three extant copies of the document.

See -stat-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•tant  (ek′stənt, ik stant′), adj. 

1. in existence;
   still existing;
   not destroyed or lost:
   There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. [Archaic.] standing out;
   protruding.

• Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent. to ex- ex-¹ + stāre to stand
• 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

extant / ɛkˈstænt ˈɛkstənt/ adjective

1. still in existence; surviving

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin exstāns standing out, from exstāre, from stāre to standUSAGE
Extant is sometimes wrongly used simply to say that something exists, without any connotation of survival: plutonium is perhaps the deadliest element in existence (not the deadliest element extant)