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- Obsolete; out-of-date.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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