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How to pronounce “ancestor”

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Pronunciation guide for ancestor

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of ancestor with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Are We Still Human If Robots Help Raise Our Babies?to when humans last shared a common ancestor with other apes.
Definition summary: One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

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Are We Still Human If Robots Help Raise Our Babies?

to when humans last shared a common ancestor with other apes.

[Noun]
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
An earlier type; a progenitor
(law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
(linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
[Verb]
(transitive) To be an ancestor of.

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