Meaning & use
ancient
Belonging to a time very long ago.
See it in a sentence
The museum displays tools from an ancient settlement.
Researchers studied the remains of an ancient road.
A note on using this word
Ancient often refers to the distant past, especially early civilizations; in casual speech it can exaggerate how old something is.
Words with a similar meaning
very oldage-old
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