{
    "term": "ancient",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Archaeologists are excavating the ruined temples of this **ancient civilization**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**ancient Greece/Egypt/Rome**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ancient city of Petra"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very old; having existed for a very long time",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an ancient oak tree"
                },
                {
                    "text": "ancient traditions/culture"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ancient Japanese art of origami"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's ancient—he must be at least fifty!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The man looked positively ancient."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area is still covered by huge ancient forests."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the people who lived in ancient times, especially the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪnʃənt/",
                "audio": "an/ancient/ancient__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪnʃənt/",
                "audio": "an/ancient/ancient__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French ancien, based on Latin ante ‘before’."
}