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5 N‑COUNT The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it. [mainly AM ] □  He was the anchor of the 15-minute evening newscast.

6 PHRASE If a boat is at anchor , it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.

an|chor|age /æ ŋkər I dʒ/ (anchorages ) N‑VAR An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely. □  The nearest safe anchorage was in Halifax, Nova Scotia. □  The vessel yesterday reached anchorage off Dubai.

anchor|man /æ ŋkə ^r mæn/ (anchormen ) also anchor man N‑COUNT The anchorman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.

anchor|woman /æ ŋkə ^r wʊmən/ (anchorwomen ) N‑COUNT The anchorwoman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the woman who presents it.

an|cho|vy /æ ntʃəvi, [AM ] -tʃoʊvi/ (anchovies ) N‑VAR [oft N n] Anchovies are small fish that live in the sea. They are often eaten salted.

an|cien re|gime /ɑː nsjɒn re I ʒiː m/

1 N‑SING The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.

2 N‑SING If a country has had the same political system for a long time and you disapprove of it, you can refer to it as the ancien regime . [DISAPPROVAL ]

an|cient ◆◇◇ /e I nʃənt/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire. □  They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning. ●  an|cient|ly ADV □  Salisbury Plain was known anciently as Ellendune.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time. □  …ancient Jewish tradition.

a n|cient hi s|to|ry N‑UNCOUNT Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome.

an|cil|lary /æns I ləri, [AM ] æ nsəleri/ (ancillaries )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution. □  …ancillary staff. □  …ancillary services like cleaning. ● N‑COUNT Ancillary is also a noun. □  …ancillaries who look after the children in the playground.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Ancillary means additional to something else. [FORMAL ]

and ◆◆◆ /ənd, STRONG ænd/

1 CONJ You use and to link two or more words, groups, or clauses. □  When he returned, she and Simon had already gone. □  I'm going to write good jokes and become a good comedian. □  I'm 53 and I'm very happy.

2 CONJ You use and to link two words or phrases that are the same in order to emphasize the degree of something, or to suggest that something continues or increases over a period of time. [EMPHASIS ] □  We talked for hours and hours. □  He lay down on the floor and cried and cried.

3 CONJ You use and to link two statements about events when one of the events follows the other. □  I waved goodbye and went down the stone harbour steps.

4 CONJ You use and to link two statements when the second statement continues the point that has been made in the first statement. □  You could only tell the effects of the disease in the long term, and five years wasn't long enough.

5 CONJ You use and to link two clauses when the second clause is a result of the first clause. □  All through yesterday crowds have been arriving and by midnight thousands of people packed the square.

6 CONJ You use and to interrupt yourself in order to make a comment on what you are saying. □  As Downing claims, and as we noted above, reading is best established when the child has an intimate knowledge of the language.