adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a primeval forest (= forest which has existed since ancient times )
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One of Europe’s last areas of primeval forest is threatened with destruction.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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primeval tropical rainforests
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The sun and planets formed from a primeval cloud of gas about 5 billion years ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond the river had been a forest, one of the great primeval oak forests of ancient Ireland.
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But flips millions of years ago are recorded in the orientation of metallic particles in primeval rocks.
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By the fire in the centre of this primeval setting stood an elderly man and a dozen boys.
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First, amidst the primeval chaos, there existed only two mute creatures, rolled together and ignorant of sight or sound.
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Starkly primeval , it resembles the head of a giant gorilla!
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The primeval soup has turned into minestrone.
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The water has a primeval chemistry that has prevailed along submarine mountain ranges since the breakup of Gondwanaland.
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The waters of baptism represent the presence and power of that primeval deep for us.