Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: extinct
IPA transcription: [ɪkst'ɪŋkt]
Pronunciations of extinct
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: extinct
    Meaning: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
  • Synonyms: extinct, out(p)
    Meaning: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
  • Synonyms: extinct, nonextant
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • But he'd thought the species extinct.
  • In Indiana the white-tailed deer is extinct.
  • Now, there is no proof that Snaefell is extinct.
  • The splendid sage grouse is now extinct in many parts of its previous range.
  • "So cold, do you think," asked Servadac, "that animal life must be extinct?"
  • No other state has bestowed close seasons upon as many extinct species of game as Nebraska.
  • The patrician families became extinct, as the feudal families did, and as all aristocracies must.
  • I recognized by the oblique feet that it was some extinct creature after the fashion of the Megatherium.
  • "This fish belongs to an extinct family, of which only fossil traces are found in the devonian formations."
  • I am not given to alter my resolutions, Mr. Sandford; and I thought you knew I was not; besides, will not my title be extinct, whoever I make my heir?
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hereditary peer, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Tasmanian devil, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Common chiffchaff, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rare Breeds Canada, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bird, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Livestock Conservancy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Lilith's Brood, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Billboard, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, License CC BY-SA 4.0