elderly
Use Elderly in a sentence
dər adjective
1.
somewhat old; near old age: a resort for elderly people.
2.
of or pertaining to persons in later life.
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elderly (ˈɛldəlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| a. quite old; past middle age | |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the elderly Related: geriatric | |
| Related: geriatric | |
| usage Referring to any group using the formula the elderly, the disabled is nowadays felt to be inappropriate because it glosses over people's individuality and perpetuates stereotypes. It is preferable to use phrases such as disabled people and so forth. Many people also prefer to talk about older rather than elderly people for similar reasons | |
| 'elderliness | |
| —n | |
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Elderly
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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elderly
in human beings, the final stage of the normal life span. Definitions of old age are not consistent from the standpoints of biology, demography (conditions of mortality and morbidity), employment and retirement, and sociology. For statistical and public administrative purposes, however, old age is frequently defined as 60 or 65 years of age or older
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Example sentences
The first thing one notices is that the original studies are a trifle elderly.
With gentle tenacity, she pried loose memories of long-gone ancestors from elderly villagers.
Both the general rise in life expectancy and the widening gap between the elderly rich and poor have implications for policy.
Elderly brain cells are particularly vulnerable because they have a diminished ability to get rid of excess calcium.
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