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old
[ ohld ]
adjective
- far advanced in the years of one's or its life:
an old man;
an old horse;
an old tree.
Antonyms: young
- of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing:
old age.
- as if or appearing to be far advanced in years:
Worry had made him old.
- having lived or existed for a specified time: a century-old organization.
a man 30 years old;
a century-old organization.
- having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things:
Jim is our oldest boy.
- having been aged for a specified time:
This whiskey is eight years old.
- having been aged for a comparatively long time:
old brandy.
- long known or in use:
the same old excuse.
- overfamiliar to the point of tedium:
Some jokes get old fast.
- belonging to the past:
the good old days.
- having been in existence since the distant past:
a fine old family.
- no longer in general use:
Our dishwasher is an old model, so replacement parts are hard to find.
- acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent:
When the new house was built, we sold the old one.
- of, relating to, or originating at an earlier period or date:
old maps.
- former; having been so formerly:
I ran into my old piano teacher the other day.
There may have been an old land bridge between Asia and Alaska.
- Old, (of a language) in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records:
Old Czech.
He's an old hand at welding.
- of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time:
an old and trusted employee.
- (of colors) dull, faded, or subdued:
old rose.
- deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated:
old clothes.
- Physical Geography. (of landforms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like.
- sedate, sensible, mature, or wise:
That child seems old beyond his years.
- (used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization): that dirty old jalopy.
good old Bob;
that dirty old jalopy.
a high old time.
noun
- Usually the old. (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively:
appropriations to care for the old.
- a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination): a horse race for three-year-olds.
a class for six-year-olds;
a horse race for three-year-olds.
- old or former time, often time long past:
days of old.
old
/ əʊld /
adjective
- having lived or existed for a relatively long time
an old man
an old country
old wine
an old house
an old tradition
- of or relating to advanced years or a long life
old age
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the old
- people of all ages
- decrepit or senile
- worn with age or use
old clothes
an old car
- postpositive having lived or existed for a specified period
a child who is six years old
- ( in combination )
a six-year-old child
- ( as noun in combination )
a six-year-old
- capital when part of a name or title earlier or earliest of two or more things with the same name
the old edition
the Old Testament
old Norwich
- capital when part of a name designating the form of a language in which the earliest known records are written
Old English
- prenominal familiar through long acquaintance or repetition
an old friend
an old excuse
- practised; hardened
old in cunning
- prenominaloften preceded bygood cherished; dear: used as a term of affection or familiarity
good old George
- informal.with any of several nouns used as a familiar form of address to a person
old thing
old stick
old fellow
old bean
- skilled through long experience (esp in the phrase an old hand )
- out-of-date; unfashionable
- remote or distant in origin or time of origin
an old culture
- prenominal former; previous
my old house was small
- prenominal established for a relatively long time
an old member
- ( in combination )
old-established
- sensible, wise, or mature
old beyond one's years
- (intensifier) (esp in phrases such as a good old time, any old thing, any old how, etc)
- (of crops) harvested late
- good old daysan earlier period of time regarded as better than the present
- little old informal.indicating affection, esp humorous affection
my little old wife
- the old one or the old gentleman informal.a jocular name for Satan
noun
- an earlier or past time (esp in the phrase of old )
in days of old
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈoldish, adjective
- ˈoldness, noun
Other Words From
- old·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of old1
Word History and Origins
Origin of old1
Idioms and Phrases
- any old
- chip off the old block
- comfortable as an old shoe
- dirty joke (old man)
- get the air (old heave-ho)
- no fool like an old fool
- of old
- ripe old age
- same old story
- settle a score (old scores)
- stamping ground, old
- teach an old dog new tricks
- up to one's old tricks
Example Sentences
"Clearly there is anticipation that the new administration is going to be somewhat more favourable to crypto than the old administration was," said Andrew O'Neill, digital assets expert at S&P Global.
Mr. Trump put his assets into a trust at the start of his first term, but his older sons remained in control of the company.
Many of these trees are more than 140 years old, after all, and the association is always looking ahead, Ward said.
Inside the chain-link fence encircling the property, an excavator last week was moving a pile of rubble — the last remains of an old building that had been demolished to make room for something new.
He takes an X-acto knife, carefully peels off the old tape, cleans the residue, then applies transparent glue in a way to ensure the bill doesn’t break when it’s folded.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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