ancestor

noun

/ˈænsestə(r)/

/ˈænsestər/

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a person in your family who lived a long time ago synonym forebear
- His ancestors had come to America from Ireland.
Wordfinder
- ancestor
- branch
- descent
- dynasty
- family tree
- genealogy
- generation
- inherit
- relation
- trace
Extra Examples
- He can trace his ancestors back to the reign of Elizabeth I.
- He claims as his literary ancestors such giants as Henry James and William Faulkner.
- Our earliest ancestors lived in a world fraught with danger.
- The Romans built these monuments to glorify their illustrious ancestors.
- The builder of the house was a direct ancestor of the present owner.
- The two species share a common ancestor.
- They honour/honor their ancestors and believe in the spirits of nature.
- a distant ancestor of mine
Topics Family and relationshipsb2, Historyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- direct
- immediate
- ancient
- …
verb + ancestor
- be descended from
- have
- share
- …
See full entry
an animal that lived in the past that a modern animal has developed from
- a reptile that was the common ancestor of lizards and turtles
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- direct
- immediate
- ancient
- …
verb + ancestor
- be descended from
- have
- share
- …
See full entry
an early form of a machine that later became more developed synonym forerunner
- The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing.
compare descendant

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.

单词	ancestor
释义	ancestor noun /ˈænsestə(r)/ /ˈænsestər/ jump to other results a person in your family who lived a long time ago synonym forebear His ancestors had come to America from Ireland. Wordfinder ancestor branch descent dynasty family tree genealogy generation inherit relation trace Extra Examples He can trace his ancestors back to the reign of Elizabeth I. He claims as his literary ancestors such giants as Henry James and William Faulkner. Our earliest ancestors lived in a world fraught with danger. The Romans built these monuments to glorify their illustrious ancestors. The builder of the house was a direct ancestor of the present owner. The two species share a common ancestor. They honour/honor their ancestors and believe in the spirits of nature. a distant ancestor of mine Topics Family and relationshipsb2, Historyb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective direct immediate ancient … verb + ancestor be descended from have share … See full entry an animal that lived in the past that a modern animal has developed from a reptile that was the common ancestor of lizards and turtles Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective direct immediate ancient … verb + ancestor be descended from have share … See full entry an early form of a machine that later became more developed synonym forerunner The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing. compare descendant Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.
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