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Meaning of Extinct | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɪkˈstɪŋkt

Definitions

Synonym of extinction (“the action of becoming or making extinct; annihilation”).

obsolete, transitive, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية منقرض
Български измрял изтребвам
Bosanski mati
Català extingir extint
Čeština vyhynulý
Cymraeg diflanedig marw
Dansk uddød udrydde
Ελληνικά απολίθωμα
Esperanto formortinta
Español extinto
فارسی منقرض
Français Disparu éteint
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi make nalowale
हिन्दी विलुप्त
Hrvatski mati
Magyar kialudt kihalt
Bahasa Indonesia mati padam punah
한국어 멸종된 멸종한
Kurdî make matî
Македонски изумрен
Bahasa Melayu mati pupus
Polski martwy wygasły wymarły wymazać
Српски mati
Türkçe söndürülmek
Українська вимерлий згаслий

Examples

“[W]ho is he […] as vvould not euen in the glas of Lucreſias perſeuerãce (euẽ to the vttermoſt extinct of life) ſe the vvõder of bevvty, matched vvith the indiuiduat adiũt vnſoyled conſtancy.”

[W]ho is he […] as would not even in the glass of Lucretia’s perseverance (even to the uttermost extinction of life) see the wonder of beauty, matched with the individuate adjunct unsoiled constancy.

“[W]ee have cauſe to feare the loſſe of our Kingdome, and you the extinct of the Engliſh nations renovvne; […]”

CEFR level

C2
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