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old
/oʊld/
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  1. adjective
    skilled through long experience
    "an old offender" "the older soldiers"

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    older experienced experient
  2. adjective
    belonging to some prior time

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    erstwhile former one-time onetime quondam sometime past
  3. adjective
    just preceding something else in time or order
    "my old house was larger"

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    previous preceding
  4. adjective
    very good
    "we had a grand old time"

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    bang-up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty not bad peachy slap-up smashing swell good
  5. adjective
    of a very early stage in development

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    early
  6. adjective
    of long duration; not new
    "old tradition" "old house" "old wine" "old country" "old friendships" "old money"

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    age-old hand-me-down yellowed hoary immemorial long-ago long-time longtime secondhand antediluvian sunset antiquated used antique archaic auld hand-down yellow patched rusty
    Opposite:
    new
  7. noun
    past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
  8. adjective
    (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
    "his mother is very old" "a ripe old age" "how old are you?"

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    senior aged ageing aging ancient anile centenarian darkened doddering doddery elderly emeritus gaga gray gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary middle-aged nonagenarian octogenarian of age older oldish over-the-hill overage overaged senescent senile sexagenarian superannuated venerable white-haired
    Opposite:
    young
  9. adjective
    (used for emphasis) very familiar
    "good old boy" "same old story"

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    familiar
Examples of old
  • "an old offender"
  • "the older soldiers"
  • "my old house was larger"
  • "we had a grand old time"
  • "old tradition"
  • "old house"
  • "old wine"
  • "old country"
  • "old friendships"
  • "old money"
  • "his mother is very old"
  • "a ripe old age"
  • "how old are you?"
  • "good old boy"
  • "same old story"
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