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Adjective

Many of these old traditions have since become extinct.

a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization

Recent Examples on the Web

The extinct theropods lived 75 million years ago and likely only laid four to six eggs per cycle.

—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2023

The species was declared extinct there in 1952.

—Maureen O’hare, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023

In a sense, the extinct woolly mammoth has returned—as a meatball.

—Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023

Founded in 2021, the company first made headlines for its ambition to de-extinct the woolly mammoth within a few years.

—Alessandro Clemente, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023

That episode introduces a massive creature, the Zillo Beast, which is said to have once roamed Malastare but was thought extinct.

—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Mar. 2023

The Harvard University geneticist played a key role in developing technologies to read and edit genes and has made waves with his proposal to resurrect the extinct woolly mammoth.

—Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023

In 2018, the start-up Geltor used DNA from the extinct mastodon to create a gelatin used in gummy bears, Bloomberg noted.

—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023

Their discovery has allowed scientists to sequence the mammoth genome and learn intriguing details about the lives of these extinct Ice Age giants.

—Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023

Of the native species found in Illinois, the majority fall into a range from threatened to extinct, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

—Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020

The species had gone from extraordinarily populous to extinct in a human life span.

—David Biello, Scientific American, 27 June 2014

Many experts worry that if this pattern continues, the disease will eventually drive the species from endangered to extinct.

—Jason Bittel, Animals, 10 Dec. 2020

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/, /ɛkˈstɪŋkt/
Rhymes: -ɪŋkt

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English extinct, from Latin extīnctus, the past participle of extinguere (“to put out, destroy, abolish, extinguish”), corresponding to ex- + stinguere (“to quench”). Replaced native Middle English aqueint, aquenched (“extinguished, extinct”).

Adjective[edit]

extinct (not comparable)

(dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)

Antonym: burning

Poor Edward’s cigarillo was already extinct.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 311:
  
  Most of the lamps were extinct, but they glittered golden in the morning light, and in some few a pale white flame yet struggled with day.
No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obsolete

The title became extinct when the last baron died.

Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.
- 1961 January, Trains Illustrated, page 59, photo caption:
  
  The ex-G.C. Class A5 4-6-2T, of which No. 69820 was one, is now extinct.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 5, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 275:
  
  Indeed the very fact that the English spelling system writes in there as two words but therein as one word might be taken as suggesting that only the former is a productive syntactic construction in Modern English, the latter being a now extinct construction which has left behind a few fossil remnants in the form of compound words such as thereby.
(of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:inexistent

Antonyms: extant; see also Thesaurus:existent

The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
- 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
  
  Wrex: And before you die, I want you to know I’m calling off our support for Earth! If my people go extinct, so do yours!
(geology) No longer active.

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dead

Antonyms: active, dormant

Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct.

They found the sites of extinct geysers.

Derived terms[edit]

extinct language

[edit]

extinction
extinctive
extinguish
distinct

Translations[edit]

extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)

Armenian: մարած (marac), հանգած (hy) (hangac)
Bulgarian: изгаснал (bg) (izgasnal)
Catalan: extint (ca)
Dutch: uit (nl), uitgedoofd (nl)
Finnish: sammunut (fi)
French: éteint (fr)
German: erloschen (de)
Hebrew: כבוי‎ (he) (kavuy)
Hungarian: kialudt (hu), elhamvadt
Indonesian: padam (id), mati (id)
Japanese: 消えた (ja) (kieta)
Korean: 멸종된 (myeoljongdoen)
Macedonian: изумрен (izumren)
Polish: wygasły m, zagasły m
Portuguese: extinguido, apagado (pt)
Russian: поту́хший (ru) (potúxšij), уга́сший (ru) (ugásšij)
Spanish: extinto (es)
Swedish: släckt (sv), slocknad (sv)
Turkish: söndürülmek (tr)
Ukrainian: згаслий pf (zhaslyj)

having died out

Arabic: مُنْقَرِض‎ m (munqariḍ)
Armenian: վերացած (veracʿac)
Bengali: নাস্তানাবুদ (bn) (nastanabud)
Bulgarian: измрял (bg) (izmrjal)
Catalan: extint (ca)
Czech: vyhynulý (cs) m, vymřelý m
Danish: uddød
Dutch: uitgestorven (nl)
Esperanto: formortinta
Faroese: útdeyður
Finnish: (of a species) sukupuuttoon kuollut
French: éteint (fr), disparu (fr)
German: ausgestorben (de)
Hawaiian: nalowale, make, halapohe
Hebrew: נכחד‎ (nikḥád)
Hungarian: kihalt (hu)
Indonesian: punah (id)
Japanese: 死に絶えた (shunitaeta), 絶滅した (ja) (zetsumetsu shita)
Korean: 멸종된 (myeoljongdoen), 멸종한 (myeoljonghan)
Malay: pupus (ms)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: utdødd

Nynorsk: utdødd, utdøydd
Persian: منقرض‎ (fa) (monqarez)
Polish: wymarły (pl) m
Portuguese: extinto (pt)
Russian: вы́мерший (ru) (výmeršij)
Slovak: vymretý, vyhynutý (sk)
Spanish: extinto (es)
Swedish: utdöd (sv)
Ukrainian: ви́мерлий (výmerlyj)
Welsh: diflanedig (cy)
Yiddish: אויסגעשטאָרבן‎ (oysgeshtorbn)

no longer erupting

Bulgarian: изгаснал (bg) (izgasnal)
Catalan: extint (ca)
Czech: vyhaslý m
Dutch: uitgedoofd (nl), slapend (nl), dood (nl)
Finnish: sammunut (fi)
German: erloschen (de)
Hebrew: כבוי‎ (he) (kavuy)
Hungarian: kialudt (hu)
Indonesian: mati (id)
Japanese: 死んだ (ja) (shinda)
Malay: mati (ms)
Polish: wygasły m
Portuguese: extinto (pt)
Russian: поту́хший (ru) (potúxšij)
Spanish: extinto (es)
Swedish: slocknad (sv)
Welsh: marw (cy)

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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English extincten, from the adjective (see above).

Verb[edit]

extinct (third-person singular simple present extincts, present participle extincting, simple past and past participle extincted)

(transitive) To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.

Antonym: (biology) de-extinct
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 316, column 2:
  
  Make loues quicke pants in Deſdemonaes Armes, / Giue renew’d fire to our extincted Spirits.
- 2013, Steven A. LeBlanc; Katherine E. Register, Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:
  
  Paleontologists determine which animal species were extincted, and geomorphologists can find cycles of soil erosion.

extinct

no longer in use; no longer existing: Many animals are now extinct.

Not to be confused with:

extant – still existing; not destroyed: There is only one extant copy of the book.

extent – range; distance; measure; length; degree: He is agreeable to some extent.

ex·tinct

(ĭk-stĭngkt′)

adj.

1. No longer existing or living: an extinct species. See Synonyms at dead.

2. No longer burning or active: an extinct volcano.

3. No longer in use: an extinct custom.

[Middle English, from Latin exstīnctus, past participle of exstinguere, to extinguish; see extinguish.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

extinct

(ɪkˈstɪŋkt)

adj

1. (Biology) (of an animal or plant species) having no living representative; having died out

2. quenched or extinguished

3. (Physical Geography) (of a volcano) no longer liable to erupt; inactive

4. void or obsolete: an extinct political office.

[C15: from Latin exstinctus quenched, from exstinguere to extinguish]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ex•tinct

(ɪkˈstɪŋkt)

adj.

1. no longer in existence: an extinct species.

2. no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom.

3. no longer burning; extinguished.

4. no longer active: an extinct volcano.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ex(s)tinctus, past participle of ex(s)tinguere to extinguish]

ex·tinct

(ĭk-stĭngkt′)

1. No longer existing or living. Plant and animal species become extinct for many reasons, including climate change, disease, destruction of habitat, and local or worldwide natural disasters. The great majority of species that have ever lived are now extinct.

2. No longer active or burning: an extinct volcano.

extinction noun

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

extinct — no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; «an extinct species of fish»; «an extinct royal family»; «extinct laws and customs»

nonexistent — not having existence or being or actuality; «chimeras are nonexistent»

extant — still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; «extant manuscripts»; «specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk»- Edward Clodd

extinct — (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; «an extinct volcano»

active — (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting

extinct — being out or having grown cold; «threw his extinct cigarette into the stream»; «the fire is out»

dead — not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; «Mars is a dead planet»; «dead soil»; «dead coals»; «the fire is dead»

extinct

adjective

1. dead, lost, gone, vanished, defunct It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain.
dead living, existing, surviving, active, alive, thriving, flourishing, extant

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

extinct

adjective

2. No longer in use, force, or operation:

Translations

بائِد، مُنْقَرِضخامِد، هامِدمُنْقَرِض

vyhynulý

uddød

sukupuuttoon kuollut

izumro

kialudtkihaltmegszűntelhamvadt

aldauîa, útdauîurkulnaîur

絶滅した

멸종한

gesinimasišnykęsužgesęs

izdzisisizmirisizzudis

vyhasnutývyhynutý

izumrlugasel

utdöd

สูญพันธุ์

tuyệt chủng

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

extinct

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

extinct

[ɪksˈtɪŋkt] adj (volcano) → spento/a, inattivo/a; (animal, race) → estinto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

extinct

(ikˈstiŋkt) adjective

1. (of a type of animal etc) no longer in existence. Mammoths became extinct in prehistoric times.

2. (of a volcano) no longer active. That volcano was thought to be extinct until it suddenly erupted ten years ago.

extinction (ikˈstiŋkʃən) noun

1. making or becoming extinct. the extinction of the species.

2. the act of putting out or extinguishing (fire, hope etc).

extinct

→ مُنْقَرِض vyhynulý uddød ausgestorben εξαφανισμένος extinto sukupuuttoon kuollut disparu izumro estinto 絶滅した 멸종한 uitgestorven utdødd wymarły extinto вымерший utdöd สูญพันธุ์ soyu tükenmiş tuyệt chủng 灭绝的

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adjective

no longer in existence; having ended or died out: extinct pre-Colombian societies.

Biology, Ecology. (of a plant or animal species) having no living member remaining anywhere, not in the wild, in a naturalized population, nor in captivity, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: a list of extinct animals that once inhabited the Isle of Man.Abbreviation: EX

no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom.

extinguished; quenched; not burning: evidence of a half dozen extinct campfires.

Geology. (of a volcano) not having erupted for at least 10,000 years and not expected to erupt again.Compare active (def. 10), dormant (def. 6).

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Origin of extinct

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ex(s)tinctus, past participle of ex(s)tinguere; see origin at extinguish

synonym study for extinct

OTHER WORDS FROM extinct

non·ex·tinct, adjectiveun·ex·tinct, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH extinct

extinct , rare, scarce

Words nearby extinct

external relation, externship, exteroceptive, exteroceptor, exterritorial, extinct, extinct in the wild, extinction, extinctive, extine, extinguish

Words related to extinct

abolished, archaic, asleep, bygone, cold, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, done for, doused, ended, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless

How to use extinct in a sentence

The skull comes from an extinct animal, Crocodylus checchiai.
Next, the scientists combined eggshell data with what’s known about the family trees of extinct and living egg-laying animals.
New analyses of a roughly 7-million-year old skull from the extinct Crocodylus checchiai suggest that crocodiles journeyed from Africa to the Americas millions of years ago, researchers report July 23 in Scientific Reports.
Combining this and other eggshell data with the evolutionary relationships of extinct and living egg-laying animals, the researchers calculated the most likely scenario for dinosaur egg evolution.

It is not even guaranteed to produce more species, since evolution can occur in a single lineage and this can go extinct at any time.
In origins, as in Washington politics, moderates are slowly going extinct.
So while the divas are fewer in number in 2014, they are far from extinct.
His decision reflected a quality—largely extinct in show business now—called integrity.
Yabuki also notes that as tigers go extinct throughout the world, China sees raising them as a good business opportunity.
Wild tigers are rare in China, with some varieties now believed to be extinct.
What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
Her hope persisted until half-past nine: it then began to fade, and, at ten o’clock, was extinct.
The senior branch of the family being thus extinct the whole of the entailed estate had devolved on me.
The forests there are wonderful, and it is there, if anywhere, that the almost extinct Indian lion is still to be found.
The great auk is but a memory; the bittern booms more rarely in our eastern marshes; and now they tell me Brigadiers are extinct.

British Dictionary definitions for extinct

adjective

(of an animal or plant species) having no living representative; having died out

quenched or extinguished

(of a volcano) no longer liable to erupt; inactive

void or obsoletean extinct political office

Word Origin for extinct

C15: from Latin exstinctus quenched, from exstinguere to extinguish

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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for extinct

Having no living members. Species become extinct for many reasons, including climate change, disease, destruction of habitat, local or worldwide natural disasters, and development into new species (speciation). The great majority of species that have ever lived-probably more than 99 percent-are now extinct.

No longer active or burning, as an extinct volcano.

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1
extinct

2) вы́мерший

3) поту́хший;

4) уга́сший (о чувствах, жизни

и т.п.

)

5) вы́шедший из употребле́ния (о слове, обычае

и т.п.

)

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > extinct
2
extinct

Персональный Сократ > extinct
3
extinct

English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > extinct
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extinct

ɪksˈtɪŋkt прил.
1) потухший extinct volcano ≈ потухший вулкан Syn: extinguished
2) угасший( о чувствах, надеждах и т. п.) extinct feelings ≈ угасшие чувства
3) вымерший;
пресекшийся (о роде) the bones of extinct animals ≈ кости вымерших животных The great book collectors seem to be an extinct race. ≈ По всей видимости, собиратели крупных библиотек являются вымершим племенем. The royal house was not yet extinct. ≈ Королевская династия еще не пресеклась.
4) устаревший, вышедший из употребления Syn: dead
1., lack-lustre, obsolete>
потухший — * volcano потухший /угасший/ вулкан человек, отошедший от жизни угасший ( о чувстве и т. п.) вымерший (о племени, виде животного и т. п.) — to become * вымереть пресекшийся (о роде) упраздненный (о должности, титуле и т. п.) исчезнувший, вышедший из употребления (о слове, обычае и т. п.) — to become * отмереть, прекратить существование — boundaries will become * границы отомрут
extinct вымерший ~ вышедший из употребления (о слове, обычае и т. п.) ~ не имеющий продолжателя рода, наследника (дворянского титула и т. п.) ~ потухший;
extinct volcano потухший вулкан ~ угасший (о чувствах, жизни и т. п.)
~ потухший;
extinct volcano потухший вулкан

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > extinct
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extinct

[ɪksˈtɪŋkt]

extinct вымерший extinct вышедший из употребления (о слове, обычае и т. п.) extinct не имеющий продолжателя рода, наследника (дворянского титула и т. п.) extinct потухший; extinct volcano потухший вулкан extinct угасший (о чувствах, жизни и т. п.) extinct потухший; extinct volcano потухший вулкан

English-Russian short dictionary > extinct
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extinct

Англо-русский синонимический словарь > extinct
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extinct

[ɪk’stɪŋkt], [ek-]

прил.

Syn:

2) угасший

3) вымерший; пресекшийся

The great book collectors seem to be an extinct race. — По всей видимости, собиратели крупных библиотек являются вымершим племенем.

The royal house was not yet extinct. — Королевская династия ещё не пресеклась.

4) устаревший, вышедший из употребления

Syn:

Англо-русский современный словарь > extinct
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extinct

[ıkʹstıŋkt]

1. 1) потухший

extinct volcano — а) потухший /угасший/ вулкан; б) человек, отошедший от жизни

2) угасший ()

2. 1) вымерший ()

to become extinct — вымереть [ тж. 3]

3) упразднённый ()

3. исчезнувший, вышедший из употребления ()

to become extinct — отмереть, прекратить существование [ тж. 2, 1)]

НБАРС > extinct
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extinct

1. a потухший

2. a угасший

3. a вымерший

4. a пресекшийся

5. a упразднённый

6. a исчезнувший, вышедший из употребления

Синонимический ряд:

1. dead (adj.) asleep; bygone; cold; dead; deceased; defunct; departed; ended; exanimate; finished; gone; inanimate; late; lifeless; lost; over; perished; spiritless; terminated; unanimated; vanished

2. extinguished (adj.) extinguished; out; put out; quenched

3. obsolete (adj.) archaic; disused; obsolete; outmoded; outworn; passe; passй; superseded

Антонимический ряд:

current; extant; living; modern

English-Russian base dictionary > extinct
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extinct

Англо-русский технический словарь > extinct
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extinct

adjective

1) потухший; extinct volcano потухший вулкан

2) угасший (о чувствах, жизни и т. п.)

3) вымерший

4) не имеющий продолжателя рода, наследника (дворянского титула и т. п.)

5) вышедший из употребления (о слове, обычае и т. п.)

Syn:

dead

* * *

1 (a) вымерший; потухший

2 (v) затухать; затухнуть; потухать; потухнуть

* * *

1) потухший 2) угасший 3) вымерший; пресекшийся

* * *

[ex·tinct || ɪk’stɪŋkt]
потухший; вымерший; вышедший из употребления

* * *

вымерший

наследника

потухший

пресекшийся

угасший

упраздненный

* * *

1) потухший
2) угасший

Новый англо-русский словарь > extinct
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extinct
1. потухший
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > extinct
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extinct

1. потухший, угасший 2. вымерший, исчезнувший 3. высохший

* * *

English-Russian dictionary of geology > extinct
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extinct

Англо-русский словарь по экологии > extinct
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extinct

потухший; угасший; вымерший

Англо-русский словарь по биотехнологиям > extinct
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extinct

[ɪk’stɪŋkt]

1) Общая лексика: вымереть, вымерший, вышедший из употребления , не имеющий наследника, не имеющий продолжателя рода , потухший, угасший

2) Геология: вымерший , высохший , потухать, потухнуть, угасший

6) Макаров: упразднённый , вымерший , пресекшийся , угасший , вымерший , исчезнувший

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > extinct
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extinct

Англо русский политехнический словарь > extinct
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extinct

Англо-русский юридический словарь > extinct
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extinct

[ɪks`tɪŋkt]

потухший

угасший

вымерший; пресекшийся

устаревший, вышедший из употребления

Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > extinct
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extinct

вымерший; исчезнувший

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Extinct — Ex*tinct , a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See {Extinguish}.] 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. [1913 Webster] Light, the prime work of God, to me… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extinct — [ek stiŋkt′, ikstiŋkt′] adj. [ME < L extinctus, exstinctus, pp. of exstinguere: see EXTINGUISH] 1. a) having died down or burned out; extinguished [an extinct fire] b) no longer active [an extinct volcano] 2. no longer in existence or use;… … English World dictionary
Extinct — Ex*tinct , v. t. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extinct — index dead, defunct, lifeless (dead), null (invalid), null and void, obsolete, outdated … Law dictionary
extinct — (adj.) early 15c., from L. extinctus/exstinctus, pp. of extinguere/exstinguere (see EXTINGUISH (Cf. extinguish)). Originally of fires; the sense of the condition of dying out of a family or a hereditary title, 1580s; of species by 1768. Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
extinct — [adj] dead, obsolete abolished, archaic, asleep, bygone, cold*, dead and gone*, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, done for*, doused, ended, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless, lost, no longer… … New thesaurus
extinct — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a species or other large group) having no living members. 2) no longer in existence. 3) (of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history. ORIGIN originally in the sense «no longer alight»: from Latin exstinguere extinguish … English terms dictionary
extinct — 01. Some people fear that grizzly bears are in danger of going [extinct]. 02. Dinosaurs have been [extinct] for millions of years. 03. Although dinosaurs have been [extinct] for millions of years, they are still very popular among children. 04.… … Grammatical examples in English
extinct — [[t]ɪkstɪ̱ŋkt[/t]] 1) ADJ A species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place. It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain. …the bones of extinct animals. 2)… … English dictionary
extinct — ex|tinct [ıkˈstıŋkt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: exstinctus, past participle of exstinguere; EXTINGUISH] 1.) an extinct type of animal or plant does not exist any more ▪ Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. ▪ Pandas could … Dictionary of contemporary English
extinct — 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… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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