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How to pronounce ancient
Say it like this: /ˈeɪntʃənt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does ancient mean?
adjHaving lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
“an ancient city”
Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
“an ancient author”
Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
nounA person who is very old.
“Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty.”
A person who lived in ancient times.
“What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients.”
One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
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