Ancestor
11ancestor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ direct ▪ The builder of the house was a direct ancestor of the present owner. ▪ immediate ▪ ancient, distant, early, remote …
12ancestor — an|ces|tor [ˈænsəstə, ses US sestər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ancestre, from Latin antecessor one who goes before , from antecedere; ANTECEDENT] 1.) a member of your family who lived a long time ago →↑descendant ▪ My ancestors… …
13ancestor — [[t]æ̱nsestə(r)[/t]] ancestors 1) N COUNT: usu pl, with poss Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended. ...our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors... He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years. Ant:… …
14ancestor */*/ — UK [ˈænsestə(r)] / US [ˈænˌsestər] noun [countable] Word forms ancestor : singular ancestor plural ancestors 1) someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago Her ancestors went to America with the Pilgrims. 2) an earlier form from which …
15ancestor — /an ses teuhr/ or, esp. Brit., / seuh steuhr/, n. 1. a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor. 2. Biol. the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended. 3. an object, idea, style, or… …
16ancestor — n. a common; remote ancestor * * * [ ænsəstə] remote ancestor a common …
17ancestor — [13] Ultimately, ancestor is the same word as antecedent [14]: both come from the Latin compound verb antecēdere ‘precede’, formed from the prefix ante ‘before’ and the verb cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede and a host of related words, such as …
18ancestor — [13] Ultimately, ancestor is the same word as antecedent [14]: both come from the Latin compound verb antecēdere ‘precede’, formed from the prefix ante ‘before’ and the verb cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede and a host of related words, such as …
19ancestor — noun /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ,ˈæn.sɛs.toɹ/ a) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the fathers or mothers side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. b) An earlier type; a …
20ancestor — an|ces|tor [ æn,sestər ] noun count ** 1. ) someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago: Her ancestors came to America with the Pilgrims. 2. ) an earlier form from which something modern has developed: a game that many see as the… …
