Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To search or shop for antiques.

    shop for antiques

  2. (transitive)To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.

  3. (transitive)To emboss without gilding.

Examples

134 sentences

  1. This table is a priceless antique.

    Цей стіл - безцінний антикваріат. — aandrusiak

    ruЭтот стол - бесценная древность. — juritch

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  2. She has an eye for antiques.

    У неї є око на старовину. — Ahha

    deSie hat ein Auge für Antiquitäten. — Manfredo

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  3. She has some beautiful antique furniture.

    Вона має розкішні антикварні меблі. — uaspeaker

    ruУ неё есть великолепная антикварная мебель. — Hellerick

    deSie hat einige schöne antike Möbel. — Esperantostern

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  4. We restore antique furniture.

    Ми реставруємо старовинні меблі. — deniko

    ruМы реставрируем старинную мебель. — marafon

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  5. Tom buys and sells antiques.

    Том купляє та продає антикваріат. — Ahha

    ruТом покупает и продаёт антиквариат. — marafon

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Origin

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, anci

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.

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Forms

antiques, antiquing, antiqued, antiqued
Base formantique · to antique
3rd person singularantiques
Present participleantiquing
Past simpleantiqued
Past participleantiqued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyantique
he, she, itantiques

Past simpleLesson

all personsantiqued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave antiqued
he, she, ithas antiqued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill antique

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedantiquer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • an an antique
  • an antique shop
  • antique shop

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
antipathyantiquarianantiquatedC1antiquityC1antisepticantisocial

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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