extinct

«extinct» in Mova's school dictionary: An extinct animal or plant no longer exists anywhere in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (extinct)

meaning for a pupil

1) An extinct animal or plant no longer exists anywhere in the world, because every last one has died. tree →

2) An extinct volcano is one that will never erupt again. tree →

3) An extinct custom, job or language is no longer used or done. tree →

4) A family line that is extinct has no living members left. tree →

sense in the lessons

A key science word: dinosaurs, dodos and mammoths are extinct. Lessons on conservation teach that endangered animals can become extinct if people do not protect them. In geography, extinct volcanoes are compared with active and dormant ones. Phrases: become extinct, go extinct, extinct species, extinct volcano.

examples

• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. tree →
• The dodo became extinct because people hunted it. tree →
• Tigers could go extinct if their forests are cut down. tree →
• Edinburgh Castle stands on an extinct volcano. tree →
• Some old languages are now extinct. tree →
• Scientists study fossils to learn about extinct animals. tree →
• Saving habitats stops animals from going extinct. tree →
• "The family is extinct, the house has been pulled down, and where it stood is now the stately poultry-house, with gilded weathercocks, and the old Poultry Meg. tree →

note

Noun: extinction. Compare: endangered (in danger of becoming extinct), extinct (all gone), dormant volcano (sleeping, might erupt), active volcano. «Extinct» is final — an extinct animal cannot come back naturally.

In the corpora

• More than 99 percent of all species that ever lived are extinct, but today they vanish much faster than normal because of people.
• It may be the first dolphin driven extinct by people, through boats, nets, electric fishing and dams.
• An active volcano has erupted in recent times and may erupt again; an extinct volcano is not expected to erupt ever again.
• My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «extinct» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.