extinct
11extinct — ex|tinct [ ık stıŋkt ] adjective * 1. ) an extinct animal, plant, or language no longer exists: The Tasmanian tiger was declared extinct in 1936. a ) an extinct custom, job, type of person, etc. does not exist any longer because society has… …
12extinct */ — UK [ɪkˈstɪŋkt] / US adjective 1) a) an extinct animal, plant, or language no longer exists The Tasmanian tiger was declared extinct in 1936. b) an extinct custom, job, type of person etc does not exist any longer because society has changed Many… …
13extinct — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, go ▪ make sth ▪ presume sth, think sth ▪ The species was presumed ext …
14extinct — adjective 1 an extinct animal, plant, language etc no longer exists: Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 2 an extinct belief or custom no longer exists 3 an extinct volcano no longer erupts (erupt (1)) …
15extinct — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin exstinctus, past participle of exstinguere Date: 15th century 1. a. no longer burning b. no longer active < an extinct volcano > 2. no longer existing < an extinct animal > …
16extinct — /ik stingkt /, adj. 1. no longer in existence; that has ended or died out: an extinct species of fish. 2. no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom. 3. extinguished; quenched; not burning. 4. having ceased eruption; no longer active: an… …
17extinct — ex•tinct [[t]ɪkˈstɪŋkt[/t]] adj. 1) bio no longer in existence: an extinct species[/ex] 2) no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom[/ex] 3) no longer burning; extinguished 4) no longer active: an extinct volcano[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50;… …
18extinct — adjective /ɪkˈstɪŋkt,ɛkˈstɪŋkt/ a) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.) Poor Edwards cigarillo was already extinct. b) No longer in existence; having died out. Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological… …
19extinct — [15] Latin stinguere appears originally to have meant ‘prick, stick’ (a sense revealed in the derivative from which English gets distinct), but in historical times the only record of it we have is in the later, and rather remote metaphorical… …
20extinct — adjective 1) an extinct species Syn: vanished, lost, died out, no longer existing, no longer extant, wiped out, destroyed, gone Ant: extant 2) an extinct volcano Syn …
