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- pronunciation:
- aen
s
stri
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
inflections: |
ancestries |
definition 1: |
one's ancestors collectively; one's family background.
I know very little of my ancestry because all the records were destroyed.He is proud of his Greek ancestry.- antonyms:
- posterity
- similar words:
- antecedent, background, family, genealogy, parentage, people, root
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definition 2: |
line of descent; lineage.
The duke can trace his ancestry back to the tenth century.- synonyms:
- bloodline, extraction, family tree, genealogy, parentage
- similar words:
- birth, blood, descent, family, heritage, lineage, origin, race, root, stock, strain, tribe
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definition 3: |
the origin or evolution of an object, idea, or style.
We brought the silver bowl to an antique dealer to learn about its ancestry.- synonyms:
- descent, lineage, pedigree
- similar words:
- derivation, genealogy, strain
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related words: |
ascent, origin, pedigree |
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