Collocations for "ancient"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ancient" in context.
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ancient
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- in Ancient [Egypt, Greece, Rome]
- studies Ancient [Egypt]
- Ancient [Egyptian] [culture, language, history]
- Ancient [Egyptian] [philosophy, society, philosophers]
- is an ancient [city, civilization, culture]
- ancient [sites, castles, ruins]
- ancient [fossils, human remains]
- [explore, discover, research, excavate] ancient [sites]
- [the Seven, one of the] Wonders of the Ancient World
- from the ancient to modern era
- from ancient to modern times
- back in ancient times
- [in, during, throughout, since] ancient times
- according to ancient [tradition, customs, legends]
- is ancient wisdom (that)
- is an ancient mystery
- the [news, book, rumor] is ancient history!
- an ancient pair of [jeans, pants]
- new [music, fashion, technology] makes me feel ancient
- [philosophy, science] according to the ancients
- [devised, developed] by the ancients
- the civilizations of the ancients
- the ancients of antiquity
- was [popular, common] among the ancients
- a knowledge of [Greek, Roman] ancients
'ancient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Greece
- Greek
- acquaintance
- building
- burial
- castle
- cave
- coin
- comprehensive
- construct
- construction
- contemporary
- culture
- custom
- divine
- embroidery
- empire
- era
- foe
- forum
- goddess
- grave
- hero
- history
- inhabit
- leading
- learned
- magic
- mask
- modern
- mound
- mummy
- myth
- populate
- pottery
- practitioner
- preserve
- prime
- religion
- resemble
- return
- riddle
- ruin
- ruler
- sage
- saying
- school
- script
- scroll
- silk