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- Dictionaryves·tige/ˈvestij/
noun
- 1. a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists: "the last vestiges of colonialism" Similar
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The meaning of VESTIGE is a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost. How to use vestige in a sentence.
VESTIGE definition: 1. a small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from…. Learn more.
Vestige definition: a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence. See examples of VESTIGE used in a sentence.
VESTIGE meaning: 1. a small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from…. Learn more.
Vestige definition: A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.
noun. 1. a small trace, mark, or amount; hint. a vestige of truth. no vestige of the meal. 2. biology. an organ or part of an organism that is a small nonfunctioning remnant of a functional organ in an ancestor. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
A vestige is a trace or reminder of something that has disappeared or is disappearing. A lump of snow with a carrot in it might be the vestige of a snowman.
1. a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence. 2. a very slight trace or amount of something: the last vestige of hope. 3. a degenerate or imperfectly developed biological structure that performed a useful function at an earlier stage in the development of the individual or evolution of the species.
usually used in negative sentences, to say that not even a small amount of something exists. There's not a vestige of truth in the rumour. His report offered not a vestige of comfort. Definition of vestige noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Vestige definition: a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence. See examples of VESTIGE used in a sentence.
