old

IPA: ˈoʊɫd

noun

  • (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
  • (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
  • (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
  • (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
  • (publishing, linguistics) Initialism of Oxford Latin Dictionary.
  • (Internet) Abbreviation of online dating. [Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections.]

adjective

  • Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
  • Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
  • Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
  • Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related others
  • Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
  • Having existed or lived for the specified time.
  • (heading) Of an earlier time.
  • Former, previous.
  • That is no longer in existence.
  • Obsolete; out-of-date.
  • Familiar.
  • (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
  • Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
  • Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
  • A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
  • (informal, of a person) Indicating affection and familiarity.
  • (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
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Examples of "old" in Sentences

  • At an old age, frailty is a fact of life.
  • I must be getting harebrained in my old age.
  • He died in the year 1961 at the ripe old age of 96.
  • The age of the Father was the age of the Old Covenant.
  • In her old age, she has become an abusive hypochondriac.
  • Lucky Debonair died of old age in 1987 at age twenty five.
  • It's just the artist in old age indulging in fun and games.
  • He was infatuated with the Beatles since the age of 8 years old.
  • The artificial production of gold is the age old dream of the alchemists.

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