ancient | ||
1. | [ adjective ] very old | |
Examples: | "an ancient mariner" |
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Related terms: | old | |
2. | [ adjective ] (antiquity) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire | |
Examples: | "ancient history" "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians" "ancient Greece" |
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Related terms: | past | |
3. | [ adjective ] belonging to or lasting from times long ago | |
Synonyms: | age-old antique | |
Examples: | "age-old customs" "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" |
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Related terms: | old | |
Similar spelling: |
ancients anciently Ankeny angina anginal anginous anginose |