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- [an-tik-wi-tee]
- /ænˈtɪk wɪ ti/
- /ænˈtɪk.wɪ.ti/
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- [an-tik-wi-tee]
- /ænˈtɪk wɪ ti/
Definitions of antiquity word
- uncountable noun antiquity Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. 3
- countable noun antiquity Antiquities are things such as buildings, statues, or coins that were made in ancient times and have survived to the present day. 3
- uncountable noun antiquity The antiquity of something is its great age. 3
- noun antiquity the quality of being ancient or very old 3
- noun antiquity the far distant past, esp the time preceding the Middle Ages in Europe 3
- noun antiquity the people of ancient times collectively; the ancients 3
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Origin of antiquity
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English antiquite < Anglo-French < Latin antīquitās, equivalent to antīqu(us) old (see antique) + -itās -ity
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Parts of speech for Antiquity
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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antiquity popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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noun antiquity
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- relic — a surviving memorial of something past.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- old age — the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65.
Antonyms for antiquity
noun antiquity
- newness — of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
- convention — A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
- modernity — the quality of being modern.
- now — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
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