query | A______ means very old, or having existed for a long time.Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time. ...ancient Jewish tradition. ...ancient fishing rights. ...a few acres of ancient woodland. |
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word | ancient |
full-definition | adjective Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire. They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning. Salisbury Plain was known anciently as Ellendune. Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time. ...ancient Jewish tradition. ...ancient fishing rights. ...a few acres of ancient woodland. noun The ancients are the people of an old civilization, especially classical Greece or Rome . The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens. |
inflections | ancientsanciently |
cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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