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   • ▪ used to refer to a thing which has been replaced by something similar: "we moved back into our old house" Similar formerpreviousex-one-timesometimeerstwhileoncethenlapsedformal:quondamOpposite new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

   • 1. having lived or existed for a comparatively long time; far advanced in years or life: an old man; an old building. 2. of or pertaining to the latter part of life or existence: old age. 3. having lived or existed for a specified time: a six-month-old company.

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   • Definition of old adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of a particular age be… years, months, etc. old The baby was only a few hours old. In those days most people left school when they were only fifteen years old. At thirty years old, he was already earning £40 000 a year.

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   What does old people mean?

   • noun [plural] old people Many people prefer to say old people, older people or (especially in the US) seniors if they need to refer to these people as a group. The old feel the cold more than the young. having existed or been used for a long time He always gives the same old excuses. This carpet's getting pretty old now.

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   What does old mean in a sentence?

   • Old can sometimes mean 'former'. For example, your ' old teacher' is someone that used to be your teacher. He or she is not necessarily an old person. Jane returned to her old boyfriend. I still like to visit my old school.

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