extinct
extinct
Definition
ex·tinct (ek stiŋkt′, ik-)
adjective
- having died down or burned out; extinguished an extinct fire
- no longer active an extinct volcano
- no longer in existence or use; specif., having no living descendant an extinct species
- that no living person holds or can claim: said of offices, titles, etc.
- no longer spoken as a native language
Etymology: ME < L extinctus, exstinctus, pp. of exstinguere: see extinguish
extinct
Synonyms
extinct
modif.
extinct
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- virtually: David Cane The animal you are looking for is virtually extinct.
- but: A most useful word, now, alas, all but extinct.
- practically: The plant, which had first been recorded in Holyrood Park in the early 1600s was practically extinct.
- nearly: The Bosnian church, essentially Catholic in doctrine, was nearly extinct by the 15th century.
- almost: The otter was almost extinct in Norfolk by the early 1980s.
- locally: Dr. Valerie Keeble, chief executive of Mammals Trust UK said: " Dormice have become locally extinct over large areas of the country.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- pronounce: On his arrival shortly afterward he pronounced life extinct.
Modifies a noun
- volcano: El Valle Situated in the crater of an extinct volcano, El Valle is famous for its Sunday Indian craft market.
- crater: Its unique harbor was once an inland lake, in an extinct volcanic crater.
- reptile: These dead remains on a French beach were thought to be those of a long extinct marine reptile.
- dinosaur: Wilson grew up a lover of live insects; Gould of extinct dinosaurs.
- mammal: Also included is a section on extinct mammals of Ireland.
- cone: There is an extinct lava cone with a walkway to the summit.
Used with adjective complement
- presume: The Desert Rat Kangaroo is missing, presumed extinct.
- become: The old schools must have become extinct in the poverty of the breaking up of the Empire.
- declare: Sixty years later, due to over hunting by humans, they were declared extinct.
- render: It means among other things, to render EXTINCT.
- go: How many species have gone extinct in the last 100 years?
- believe: From the 1970s onward, the chough was believed extinct in its own country.
Preposition: in
- county: However there are still no recent records for seventeen of these species, most of which must be considered extinct in the county.
extinct Quotes
The sooner the Crown Colony system is removed from thesphere of practical politicsand put underaglasscase in the South Kensington Museum, labelled 'Extinct', the better for everyone.
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