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   old

   /əʊld/

   adjective

   • 1. having lived for a long time; no longer young: "the old man lay propped up on cushions" Similar elderlymatureagedoldersenioradvanced in yearsup in yearsgetting onin one's dotagelong in the toothgreygrey-hairedgrey-beardedgrizzledhoarypast one's primenot as young as one wasancientdecrepitdodderingdodderynot long for this worldripesenescentsenilesuperannuatedvenerableseptuagenarianoctogenariannonagenariancentenarianinformal:past itover the hillno spring chickenrare:longevousOpposite young
   • ▪ made or built long ago: "the old quarter of the town" Similar historicantiquateddilapidatedbroken-downrun downtumbledownramshackledecayingcrumblingdisintegratingOpposite newmodern
   • ▪ possessed or used for a long time: "he gave his old clothes away" Similar wornworn outshabbythreadbareholeytornfrayedpatchedtatteredmoth-eatenraggedyellowedold-fashionedout of dateoutmodedcast-offhand-me-downdémodéinformal:tattyantiqueveteranvintageOpposite newfashionablenewmodern
   • ▪ boring or tiresome, especially as a result of repetition or overfamiliarity: informal US "I wish she'd shut up—it's getting old"
   • 2. belonging to the past; former: "valuation under the old rating system was inexact" Similar bygonepastformeroldenof oldremotepreviousearlyearlierearliestmedievalancientclassicalprimevalprimordialprehistoricantediluvianforgottenimmemorialOpposite modernrecent
   • ▪ used to refer to a thing which has been replaced by something similar: "we moved back into our old house" Similar formerpreviousex-one-timesometimeerstwhileoncethenlapsedformal:quondamOpposite new
   • ▪ dating from far back; long-established or known: "we greeted each other like old friends" Similar hackneyedhackbanaltriteoverusedoverworkedcut and driedtiredworn outtime-wornstalestereotypedclichédplatitudinousunoriginalderivativeunimaginativecommonplacecommonpedestrianprosaicrun-of-the-millstockconventionalout of dateoutdatedold-fashionedoutmodedarchaicobsoletedefunctextinctantiquatedantediluviansuperannuatedhoarypasséinformal:old hatout of the arkcornyfuddy-duddyplayed outhackyantwackytime-honouredold-timelong-establishedage-oldlong-standinglong-livedenduringlastingfamiliarcustomaryconventionalestablishedritualritualistichabitualsetfixedroutineusualwontedhistoricfolkold-worldancestralOpposite freshinnovativenew
   • ▪ denoting someone who formerly attended a specified school: "an old Etonian"
   • ▪ (of a form of a language) as used in former or earliest times.
   • 3. of a specified age: "he was fourteen years old"
   • ▪ a person or animal of the age specified: "a nineteen-year-old"
   • 4. used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt: informal "good old Mum"

   Word Origin Old Englishald, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch oud and German alt, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘adult’, shared by Latin alere ‘nourish’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. oldish adjective
   • 2. oldness noun

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2. www.dictionary.com › browse › olderOLDER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Older, elder imply having greater age than something or someone else. Older is the usual form of the comparative of old: This building is older than that one.

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4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishOLDER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   older is the usual form of the comparative of old: This building is older than that one. elder, now greatly restricted in application, is used chiefly to indicate seniority in age as between any two people but especially priority of birth as between children born of the same parents: The elder brother became king.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishOLD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   OLD definition: 1. having lived or existed for many years: 2. unsuitable because intended for older people: 3…. Learn more.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › olderOlder Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Choose the Right Synonym for old. old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses. an old sweater of mine.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › olderOlder - definition of older by The Free Dictionary

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   Where old expresses an absolute, an arrival at old age, older takes a more relative view of aging as a continuum—older, but not yet old. As such, older is not just a euphemism for the blunter old but rather a more precise term for someone between middle and advanced age.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryOLD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   OLD meaning: 1. having lived or existed for many years: 2. unsuitable because intended for older people: 3…. Learn more.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishold adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of old adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.