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A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- Who cares if he said those things at the beginning of the year? That's ancient history now.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: common knowledge
a history of the ancient world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: history, account, chronicle, story
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
古代歷史 /古代历史
(gǔdài lìshǐ)
— period of history
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Chinese Mandarin:
古代史
(gǔdàishǐ)
— period of history
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Chinese Mandarin:
古史
(gǔshǐ)
— period of history
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Chinese Mandarin:
上古史
(shànggǔshǐ)
— period of history
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Dutch:
oudheid
— period of history
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Dutch:
klassieke geschiedenis
— period of history
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Finnish:
vanhan ajan historia
— period of history
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Finnish:
antiikin historia
— period of history
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French:
Antiquité
— period of history
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German:
Altertum
— period of history
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Greek:
αρχαία ιστορία
(archaía istoría)
— period of history
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Ancient Greek:
ἀρχαιότης
(arkhaiótēs)
— period of history
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Italian:
storia antica
— period of history
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Italian:
antichità
— period of history
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Polish:
historia starożytna
— period of history
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Portuguese:
Antiguidade
— period of history
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Russian:
исто́рия дре́внего ми́ра
(istórija drévnevo míra)
— period of history
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Russian:
анти́чная исто́рия
(antíčnaja istórija)
— period of history
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Spanish:
Antigüedad
— period of history
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Swedish:
antiken
— period of history
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Chinese Mandarin:
已經過去的事 /已经过去的事
(yǐjīng guòqù de shì)
— not worth discussing any more
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Dutch:
lang geleden
— not worth discussing any more
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Dutch:
geleden tijd
— not worth discussing any more
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Dutch:
eeuwen geleden
— not worth discussing any more
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Finnish:
mennyt
— not worth discussing any more
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Finnish:
historia
— not worth discussing any more
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French:
histoire ancienne
— not worth discussing any more
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German:
schon längst Geschichte
— not worth discussing any more
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German:
Schnee von gestern
— not worth discussing any more
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Italian:
acqua passata
— not worth discussing any more
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Polish:
stara historia
— not worth discussing any more
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Portuguese:
águas passadas
— not worth discussing any more
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Portuguese:
passado
— not worth discussing any more
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Russian:
ста́рая исто́рия
(stáraja istórija)
— not worth discussing any more
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Russian:
де́ло про́шлое
(délo próšloje)
— not worth discussing any more
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Spanish:
agua pasada
— not worth discussing any more
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Swedish:
länge sedan
— not worth discussing any more
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Swedish:
forna historia
— not worth discussing any more
