a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
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belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…
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Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
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Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather…
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(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.One of the same age; a contemporary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.of Contemporary
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.Living or being at the same time; contemporary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, present, time, contemporary, leaders.A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because the…
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