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TOEFL BNC: 14094 COCA: 10801

ancestry

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
ancestry /ˈænˌsɛstri/ noun
plural ancestries
ancestry
/ˈænˌsɛstri/
noun
plural ancestries
Learner's definition of ANCESTRY
: a person's ancestors : the people who were in your family in past times祖先;祖宗
[noncount]
[count]
TOEFL BNC: 14094 COCA: 10801

ancestry

noun

an·​ces·​try ˈan-ˌse-strē How to pronounce ancestry (audio)
1
: line of descent : lineage
especially : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent
2
: persons initiating or comprising a line of descent : ancestors

Example Sentences

They claim to be of noble ancestry. a person of unknown ancestry She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.
Recent Examples on the Web Names, facial features and ancestry are investigated; even those with mixed blood are put on the list of people to be expelled. Jonathan Bate, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022 It’s about what is viewed as the problematic aspects of your background, and that is African ancestry. Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 24 Aug. 2022 It’s a startling vision that evokes both modern womanhood and deep African ancestry. Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 The index also does not take factors like gender or ancestry into account. Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 The category was added alongside race, religion, gender, age, and ancestry. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2022 Police said the process, called phenotyping, uses DNA to predict traits such as ancestry, hair and eye color and face shape. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Part of that has to do with Midthunder, a young actor with Sioux ancestry, silent-cinema-starlet eyes and a physical presence that can project vulnerability or steely self-assurance. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022 The next step is to incorporate additional layers of data — from molecular and medical to environmental — and work to change decades-old practices of focusing on people of one ancestry to include people of many. David Reese And Kári Stefánsson, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ancestry was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 14094 COCA: 10801
ancestry

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANCESTRY | ANCESTRY + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVEcommon, shared共同的祖先The two species have developed from a common ancestry.這兩個物種源自同一個祖先。African, Japanese, etc.非洲人、日本人等的祖先VERB + ANCESTRYclaim, have, share聲稱⋯為祖先;有祖先;擁有共同的祖先Humans share a common ancestry with chimpanzees.人類與黑猩猩擁有共同的祖先。trace追溯祖先We can trace our ancestry back to the 17th century.我們的祖先可追溯到 17 世紀。ANCESTRY + VERBgo back to祖先可追溯到⋯The company claims an ancestry going back to 1727.該公司稱其歷史可追溯到 1727 年。PHRASESbe of Irish, German, etc. ancestry是愛爾蘭、德國等祖籍He is of Chinese ancestry.他祖籍中國。

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