Ancestry - English meaning

noun

A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.

Usage examples:

He could trace his ancestors back to james the first

noun

Any member of your family from long ago, for example, the grandparents of your grandparents

Usage examples:

He returned to ecuador, where his mother’s ancestors lived., he wanted to tour his family's ancestr…

noun

A thing that existed before or logically precedes another.

Usage examples:

Some antecedents to the african novel might exist in africa's oral traditions

adjective

Preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing.

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Antecedent events

adjective

Denoting or counting as an antecedent.

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There seem to be two changes: a loosening of the link backward to an antecedent noun phrase, and a …

noun

The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.

Usage examples:

Drops of blood

verb

Initiate (someone) in a particular activity.

Usage examples:

Clubs are too slow to blood young players

noun

A member of a north american people belonging to the blackfoot confederacy.

Usage examples:

Even if charlie had concentrated more on the blackfeet and bloods, the overall look of de yong's wa…

noun

An animal's set of ancestors or pedigree, especially with reference to the desirable characteristics bred into it.

Usage examples:

The herd has british bloodlines going back 200 years

noun

All the members of a family group of people or animals over a period of time, especially when considering their shared family characteristics

Usage examples:

Ismailis believe that a bloodline joins the aga khan to mohammed., this is a pedigree poodle - her …

noun

The action of obtaining something from a source or origin.

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The derivation of scientific laws from observation

noun

The origin from which something developed

Usage examples:

Does anyone know the derivation of the word “ok”?

noun

An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.

Usage examples:

The plane had gone into a steep descent

noun

The origin of people in your family background

Usage examples:

Their mother is of irish descent (= family origin)., the descent of dozens of motorcycles terrified…

noun

The action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.

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Mineral extraction

noun

The process of removing or taking out something

Usage examples:

[ c ] a tooth extraction, [ u ] she is of korean extraction.

noun

The process of removing a substance from the ground or from another substance

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The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction., hard-rock mining refers t…

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

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A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

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[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

An ancestor.

Usage examples:

Generations of his forebears had lived in london

noun

An ancestor

noun

A member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor.

Usage examples:

The duchy which her forefathers had ruled since the tenth century

plural noun

Members of a family, national, or religious group who lived in the past

Usage examples:

Mario is spending the summer in italy, the land of his forefathers.

noun

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

Usage examples:

The genealogies of the kings of mercia

noun

The study of the history of the past and present members of a family, or a particular history of this type

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[ c ] he has produced a genealogy of his family going back to 1732.

noun

The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.

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The relative influence of heredity and environment

noun

The natural process by which parents pass on to their children through their genes the characteristics that make them related

noun

The process by which characteristics are given from a parent to their child through the genes

Usage examples:

Diet and exercise can influence a person's weight, but heredity is also a factor.

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

noun

The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

Usage examples:

His theory of the origin of life

noun

The thing from which something comes, or the place where it began

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[ c ] the origins of language, [ u ] he studied the origin and development of the nervous system., …

noun

The beginning or cause of something

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The origins of this practice date back to the time of the depression., whether entrepreneurs are se…

noun

The identity and origins of one's parents.

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A boy of jamaican parentage

noun

One’s parents or origins

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She’s of puerto rican parentage.

noun

The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred.

Usage examples:

They are looking for animals with pedigrees

adjective

(of an animal) pure-bred.

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Pedigree cats

noun

The parents and other family members of a particular animal, or a record of them

Usage examples:

A dog’s pedigree, populism and conservatism have strong southern pedigrees.

noun

A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.

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His children were the progenitors of many of scotland's noble families

noun

The parent or direct ancestor of a person, animal, or plant

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A child has a male progenitor and a female progenitor., a series of several persons descended from …

noun

The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Usage examples:

The store has a very low turnover of stock

adjective

(of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Usage examples:

25 per cent off stock items

verb

Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Usage examples:

Most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

noun

A force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree.

Usage examples:

The usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine

noun

A particular breed, stock, or variety of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

Australia has been trying to breed better strains of plants and animals for ever.