Vestige
noun
A small amount of something that is left after most of it has disappeared.
There is no vestige of the former wealth of the city.
Often appears as...
- vestige of hope
- vestige of the past
noun
A mark or trace of something that is no longer present.
They found vestiges of an ancient civilization.
Often appears as...
- vestiges of civilization
- vestiges of culture
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A small amount of something that is left after most of it has disappeared.
There is no vestige of the former wealth of the city.
Often appears as...
- vestige of hope
- vestige of the past
noun
A mark or trace of something that is no longer present.
They found vestiges of an ancient civilization.
Often appears as...
- vestiges of civilization
- vestiges of culture
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Vestige may carry a sense of loss or nostalgia for what's gone.
The old mansion held a vestige of the family's former glory.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
Vestige commonly refers to the last bits of something unwanted or negative.
After the argument, not a vestige of trust remained between them.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Proof
Vestige implies that some tangible evidence is still observable.
Cracks in the ground were the only vestige of the earthquake.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Vestige may carry a sense of loss or nostalgia for what's gone.
The old mansion held a vestige of the family's former glory.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
Vestige commonly refers to the last bits of something unwanted or negative.
After the argument, not a vestige of trust remained between them.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Proof
Vestige implies that some tangible evidence is still observable.
Cracks in the ground were the only vestige of the earthquake.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Vestige may carry a sense of loss or nostalgia for what's gone.
The old mansion held a vestige of the family's former glory.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
Vestige commonly refers to the last bits of something unwanted or negative.
After the argument, not a vestige of trust remained between them.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Proof
Vestige implies that some tangible evidence is still observable.
Cracks in the ground were the only vestige of the earthquake.
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Feats of memory anyone...
which means "place." That's a vestige of when people used to think about oratory and rhetoric in these sorts of spatial terms. The phrase "in the first place," that's like "in the first place of your memory palace." I thought this was just fascinating, and I got really into it. And I went to a few more of these memory contests,
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New Black Panthers PIPE...
considerable expansion of black economic political prowess and the visibility and a diversity of by people in popular culture and the proliferation of black people in various aslong as a power speak to the progress that clearly has been made and that doesn't mean that there aren't still vestiges of white
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
and ignorant of our connection to deep time. It wasn't until the turn of the 19th century that our blinders were removed, first, with the publication of James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth," in which he told us that the Earth reveals no vestige of a beginning and no prospect of an end;
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Feats of memory anyone...
vestige of when people used to think about oratory and rhetoric in these sorts of spatial terms the phrase in the first place that's like in the first place of your memory palace I thought this was just fascinating and I got really into it and I went to a few more
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5 Things to Know About...
vestige of the past but in fact the messages of Marian apparitions are important for all the faithful the church is very cautious to approve apparitions and has been so throughout its history and the reason it's very cautious is because many of the
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The Unconquered:...
in the cleft of a tree a kind of totem perhaps we weren't sure but these are the signs that make up the lifeblood of post fellows work and he was incredibly excited and this is what he had come to find were the vestiges of the arrow
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Manatees Have Bad Breath...
there's no need for them to be swift swimmers their forelimbs have become short flippers that can be used as paddles or to gently punt along the bottom they still carry nails vestiges of their terrestrial past
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Finding Freedom in a...
ball we're living the vestige of American history through our eyes were we living it and hopefully bringing it alive for people in today's world in a way that perhaps they're not taught in school
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The Downsized Bedroom PIPE...
humans don't get enough sleep having raised their offspring this pair of aging lovebirds have moved to a smaller nest the man attempts to cast off what he believes our unneeded vestiges of the
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Anaconda Breeding Ball PIPE...
it just may be the one that tickles her the best the male is using what's called his mating sperm the last vestige of what was a hind laid in his lizard
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Feats of memory anyone...
which means "place." That's a vestige of when people used to think about oratory and rhetoric in these sorts of spatial terms. The phrase "in the first place," that's like "in the first place of your memory palace." I thought this was just fascinating, and I got really into it. And I went to a few more of these memory contests,
Video examples
New Black Panthers PIPE...
considerable expansion of black economic political prowess and the visibility and a diversity of by people in popular culture and the proliferation of black people in various aslong as a power speak to the progress that clearly has been made and that doesn't mean that there aren't still vestiges of white
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
and ignorant of our connection to deep time. It wasn't until the turn of the 19th century that our blinders were removed, first, with the publication of James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth," in which he told us that the Earth reveals no vestige of a beginning and no prospect of an end;
Video examples
Feats of memory anyone...
vestige of when people used to think about oratory and rhetoric in these sorts of spatial terms the phrase in the first place that's like in the first place of your memory palace I thought this was just fascinating and I got really into it and I went to a few more
Video examples
5 Things to Know About...
vestige of the past but in fact the messages of Marian apparitions are important for all the faithful the church is very cautious to approve apparitions and has been so throughout its history and the reason it's very cautious is because many of the
Video examples
The Unconquered:...
in the cleft of a tree a kind of totem perhaps we weren't sure but these are the signs that make up the lifeblood of post fellows work and he was incredibly excited and this is what he had come to find were the vestiges of the arrow
Video examples
Manatees Have Bad Breath...
there's no need for them to be swift swimmers their forelimbs have become short flippers that can be used as paddles or to gently punt along the bottom they still carry nails vestiges of their terrestrial past
Video examples
Finding Freedom in a...
ball we're living the vestige of American history through our eyes were we living it and hopefully bringing it alive for people in today's world in a way that perhaps they're not taught in school
Video examples
The Downsized Bedroom PIPE...
humans don't get enough sleep having raised their offspring this pair of aging lovebirds have moved to a smaller nest the man attempts to cast off what he believes our unneeded vestiges of the
Video examples
Anaconda Breeding Ball PIPE...
it just may be the one that tickles her the best the male is using what's called his mating sperm the last vestige of what was a hind laid in his lizard
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John McDonnell
British Politician
The decision over Heathrow expansion exemplifies the style of policy-making that starts with capitulation to a powerful self-interested lobby, blatantly fixes a public consultation and then drives through a policy that destroys any vestiges of green credentials the government had left.
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Sascha Radetsky
American Dancer
If age someday grounds my feet and wilts my port de bras, what vestige of the old life will be left? The signs that I was a dancer will gradually fade like stripes on a beach towel. Even my knowledge of the art form, reaped in sweat over decades, could be lost over time.
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Paul Gosar
American Politician
It is time to go on the offense. Hold people accountable for the wrongdoings they do and commit against the American people, use the vestiges of the Constitution which gives us the outline of how we hold them accountable and make the Justice Department do their job.
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Sarah Polley
Canadian Actress
AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.
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Steve Backshall
My dad will sit out in the last tiny corner of the garden that has sunshine until the millisecond the final vestige has gone! As kids we were encouraged to head out of the front door at daybreak, and not come back till we were tired and hungry.
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Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
If Apple, Amazon, Netflix, or somebody else can ever blast away all the ridiculous vestiges of decades-old TV content and technology we live with today, I'll buy whatever they come up with. Until then, I'm settling for a Caavo.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Here in Georgia, we continue to grapple with our own vestiges of hate. The image carved into Stone Mountain, like Confederate monuments across this state, stand as constant reminders of racism, intolerance, and division.
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Judy Holliday
American Actress
I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home.
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Kenneth Clark
British Author
No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals.
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Donald Tusk
Polish Statesman
What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
The decision over Heathrow expansion exemplifies the style of policy-making that starts with capitulation to a powerful self-interested lobby, blatantly fixes a public consultation and then drives through a policy that destroys any vestiges of green credentials the government had left.
Quote examples
Sascha Radetsky
American Dancer
If age someday grounds my feet and wilts my port de bras, what vestige of the old life will be left? The signs that I was a dancer will gradually fade like stripes on a beach towel. Even my knowledge of the art form, reaped in sweat over decades, could be lost over time.
Quote examples
Paul Gosar
American Politician
It is time to go on the offense. Hold people accountable for the wrongdoings they do and commit against the American people, use the vestiges of the Constitution which gives us the outline of how we hold them accountable and make the Justice Department do their job.
Quote examples
Sarah Polley
Canadian Actress
AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.
Quote examples
Steve Backshall
My dad will sit out in the last tiny corner of the garden that has sunshine until the millisecond the final vestige has gone! As kids we were encouraged to head out of the front door at daybreak, and not come back till we were tired and hungry.
Quote examples
Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
If Apple, Amazon, Netflix, or somebody else can ever blast away all the ridiculous vestiges of decades-old TV content and technology we live with today, I'll buy whatever they come up with. Until then, I'm settling for a Caavo.
Quote examples
Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Here in Georgia, we continue to grapple with our own vestiges of hate. The image carved into Stone Mountain, like Confederate monuments across this state, stand as constant reminders of racism, intolerance, and division.
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Judy Holliday
American Actress
I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home.
Quote examples
Kenneth Clark
British Author
No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals.
Quote examples
Donald Tusk
Polish Statesman
What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.
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