vestige
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈvɛstɪdʒ/
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vestigio
- And maybe there was a vestige of life yet in this tired old marriage.
- the last vestiges
- remaining vestiges
- vestiges of the past
But there is still some vestige of peace there.
- But there is still some vestige of peace there.
- And so I'm still feeling, still feeling the the last vestiges of that euphoria from back then.
- But finally, just for a moment, the last vestige of my proud obstinacy was crushed.
- That there was a tiny vestige of hope that was always present for her.
- Post flood in China, the Jesuit figurist were determined to discover vestiges of Noahic religion in ancient Chinese texts.
- There are still vestiges of the sect that worshipped that distant librarian.
- to gain control of the last vestiges of the resources that were disappearing in a way of life they couldn't hang on to.
- While not infallible, the courts are our last best vestige against social justice warriors like the ACLU here.
- Well, it did all kinds of vestiges of Roman Catholicism, which these staunch Protestants, let's face it, hated.
Examples
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The ancient ruins stood as a vestige of a once-great civilization that has long since vanished.
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That there was a tiny vestige of hope that was always present for her.
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But there is still some vestige of peace there.
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If they split up, it would be like losing the last vestige of her daughter.
Fiction book (1999) -
What has died in that room tonight is the last vestige in me of what was human.
Fiction book (1994) -
Marriage will mean an entirely new life, without any vestige of the past.
Academic text (1998) -
"What I mean," he said, "is that that railway line is a vestige of economic expansion."
Fiction book (2002) -
It's the last vestige of the divine right of kings.
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There's not a vestige of him left.
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We must strip away the last vestiges of your old self.
Synonyms
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3.3
A small sign that something was there
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4.2
A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away
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3.6
Things left after the rest is used, eaten, or taken away
A small trace left after something has mostly disappeared
Traces or small remains of something that existed in the past
Antonyms
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Etymology
Vestige comes from the Latin vestigium, which means 'footprint' or 'trace', and the same root is in investigate, which is like 'follow the traces'. So a vestige is a small remaining sign, like the last 'footprint' of something that is gone.