Cities of the Ancient Near East

city Noun

— A city is large area where many people live and work, larger than a town. Tokyo and New York are two of the world's largest cities. There's too much crime in the inner city. — The city is the government that has power over a city. A city usually builds roads and parks, and keeps them in good shape. The city has its offices in a building called a city hall. The mayor asked city council to reduce taxes. — The city is the people who live in the city. The city is afraid of the change.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

ancient Adjective

— Very old, usually hundreds or thousands or millions of years old. He studied the ancient world.

ancient Noun

— A small flag or ensign.

near Preposition

— With a small distance between; close. The end is near. She lives near me. The house is near the beach.

near Adjective

— Almost It was a near miss, but the car didn't hit us. — Close The nearest thing to me is my family. We'll be meeting again in the near future.

near Verb

— To come close to, approach. We neared the beach.

east Noun

— The east is a place that is closer to where the sun rises than another place. My parents live in the east.

east Preposition

— One of the four compass directions: 90º clockwise from north. The sun rises in the east. I drove east from Chicago.