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ancient history

an·cient his·to·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eyn-shuh nt his-tuh-ree, his-tree]
    • /ˈeɪn ʃənt ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eyn-shuh nt his-tuh-ree, his-tree]
    • /ˈeɪn ʃənt ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri/

Definitions of ancient history words

  • uncountable noun ancient history Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome. 3
  • uncountable noun ancient history If you describe something as ancient history, you mean that it happened in the past and is no longer relevant to the present. 3
  • noun ancient history the history of the ancient world from the earliest known civilizations to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 ad 3
  • noun ancient history a recent event or fact sufficiently familiar to have lost its pertinence 3
  • noun ancient history history from the earliest recorded events to the end of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476 3
  • noun ancient history something of the recent past that is well known or no longer important 3
See all 11 definitions of ancient history

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Origin of ancient history

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95

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Parts of speech for Ancient history

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Ancient history

ancient history popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

ancient history usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ancient history

noun ancient history

  • antiquity — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
  • time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
  • prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
  • protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
All 4 Synonyms of ancient history

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