direct ancestor

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandancestor

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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ancestor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæn.ses.tər/us
/ˈæn.ses.tɚ/
a person related to you who lived a long ...
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(Definition ofdirectandancestorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This stack is necessary in order to be able to get thedirectancestorof the current predicate.
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I remember that in the 18th century there was just such a case in which hisdirectancestorwas notoriously involved.
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I hasten to point out that it was not mydirectancestor, and it is certainly nothing to do with me.
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However, it is almost impossible to be sure that any form represented in the fossil record is adirectancestorof any other.
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This then was thedirectancestorof the helicopter rotor and the aircraft propeller.
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They were thedirectancestorof the modern cello.
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The flag that was chosen as war ensign is thedirectancestorof the current flag.
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It was thedirectancestorof the modern women's blouse.
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Pliopithecus had a similar size and form to modern gibbons, to which it may be related, although it is probably not adirectancestor.
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Being a cynodont, it was a relative of thedirectancestorto modern mammals.
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They do not appear to be adirectancestorof modern swifts, however, but rather a group that retained an overall basal morphology.
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It is thedirectancestorof the current newspaper.
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However, they are probably not direct ancestors of archosaurs.
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However, names are sometimes borrowed from direct ancestors and other family members.
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They have also been considered to represent direct ancestors to the cephalopods.
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Originally teaching only theology, universities steadily added subjects including medicine, philosophy and law, becoming the direct ancestors of modern institutions of learning.
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Starting in 1974, single coaches were built again that were the direct ancestors of today's double-deck coaches.
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Two direct ancestors of the first inhabitants still live in the hamlet today.
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However, he failed to confirm if the personages of the burials were his direct ancestors.
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