ancestor
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈæn.ses.tɚ/
:
antepasado
- We have twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors.
- a common ancestor
- one's own ancestors
- honor ancestors
We have twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors.
- We have twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors.
- It's the dream that brought my ancestors here and yours.
- We're we're far healthier than our ancestors were because of vaccines.
- To disrespect your ancestors is not my intent.
- The system we built, our ancestors built, gave us this privilege.
- How do we become great ancestors to our future descendants?
- So the question is, why did these ancestors do the things they did?
- So what can we do to be a good ancestor besides plant a tree, right?
- Let us invite the spirits of our ancestors into this beautiful space.
- Time to see my ancestors, really in Africa.
- You know, our ancestors could have been content to sit.
- Just a whole bunch of some Dutch ancestors, some Germans, some Scottish.
- And through the smoke, their ancestors would come down and talk to them.
Examples
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Like every ancestor you know, every ancestor you had has died.
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Like a million years ago, our ancestors had controlled fire.
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I will begin with my ancestor, my mother.
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It's the dream that brought my ancestors here and yours.
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Children are taught that if their ancestors could do it, so could they.
Academic text (1990) -
How do we become great ancestors to our future descendants?
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These are your ancestors, dating back 400 years.
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Old people were viewed as close to the ancestors and were therefore revered.
Academic text (1990) -
Murmuring her thanks to the spirits of her ancestors, the woman entered the house.
Fiction book (1992) -
These are your ancestors, dating back 400 years.
Synonyms
35
5.1
A person from older generations who helped start your family or its traditions
12
8.2
An early ancestor who starts a family line or idea
2
8.6
A person in your family from past generations
2
7.4
A person in your family who lived before you, like a great-grandparent
1
8.4
A woman from an earlier generation who starts a family or tradition
1
8.9
A family member who lived before you, for example a grandparent
1
7.9
A person in your family who lived many generations before you
1
8.4
A woman in your family who lived many generations ago
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9.3
A person in your family from long ago, like a grandparent
An ancestor in your family from earlier times
An early relative in the direct family line, like a great-grandparent
A person in your family from an earlier time, for example a parent
Antonyms
Compounds
1
7.0
A practice of honoring dead family members with gifts and prayers, believing their spirits watch over the living
How Distant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ancestor comes from old parts ante- meaning 'before' and ced- meaning 'to go', so it originally meant 'one who went before'. That's why an ancestor is someone earlier in your family, like a 'forefather'.