American English pronunciation
How to pronounce ancient
IPA transcription: ['eɪntʃənt]
Pronunciation variants: ['eɪntʃənt]['eɪnʃənt]
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Noun
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a very old person
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a person who lived in ancient times
Adjective
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belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
“ancient history”
“ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians”
“ancient Greece”
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very old
“an ancient mariner”
Usage examples
- That's all you woke me up for, ancient history?
- An ancient overhead aqueduct still remains.
- Cleckheaton was in the ancient parish of Birstall.
- This is an ancient film.
- The ancient Egyptians credited the goddess Bat with the invention of music.
- These ancient monuments are of middle Neolithic date.
- It is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock.
- Cultural and delegated administrative centre of the Gallura sub-region, Tempio has an ancient history.
- His cult in Bologna has very ancient origins.
- On the ruins of this ancient site now fourteen holiday cottages have been built.