"ancient" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

ancient adjetivo

ancient + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 703
ancient city • ancient history • ancient Greece • ancient Egypt • ancient Rome • ancient Greek • ancient tradition • ancient civilization • ...
adverbio + ancient
Kolokacji: 5
most ancient • incredibly ancient • positively ancient • impossibly ancient • equally ancient
ancient + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
ancient of • ancient in • ancient near • ancient to
(1) of, in, near, to
Kolokacji: 4
1. ancient of = starożytny z ancient of
  • It may be the most ancient of all living penguins.
  • The most ancient of these, a wooden chapel from 1646, was burned to the ground in 1998.
  • The Romans too carried out restoration work in this most ancient of lands.
  • Again, the most precious and ancient of the icons are on the southern wall.
  • They're the most ancient of all cyanobacteria, found in very few places.
  • "It's so ancient and full of traditions that make sense to me."
  • He was the only person I ever knew who never engaged in that most ancient of life-affirming activities.
  • Today, the wedding, that most ancient of ceremonies, may have indeed made a comeback.
  • To travel those distances one had to use the most ancient of methods, the wind in the sail.
  • Ancient but tough, and so very full of hate.
2. ancient in = starożytny w ancient in
3. ancient near = starożytny bliski ancient near
4. ancient to = starożytny aby ancient to

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