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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   • ▪ used to refer to a thing which has been replaced by something similar: "we moved back into our old house" Similar formerpreviousex-one-timesometimeerstwhileoncethenlapsedformal:quondamOpposite new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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