Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #902 of 1319

extinct (adj.)

no longer existing

Examples

  • Dinosaurs are extinct.

Key rules

  • Extinct means no longer existing
  • An extinct species, go extinct
  • Extinction is the noun

Common mistakes

  • Dinosaurs are extinction → Dinosaurs are extinct
💡 Tip: Biology // Conservation // History
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