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| —adj (often preceded by good) | |
| 1. | having lived or existed for a relatively long time: an old man; an old tradition; old wine; an old house; an old country |
| 2. | a. of or relating to advanced years or a long life: old age |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the old | |
| c. old and young people of all ages | |
| 3. | decrepit or senile |
| 4. | worn with age or use: old clothes; an old car |
| 5. | a. (postpositive) having lived or existed for a specified period: a child who is six years old |
| b. (in combination): a six-year-old child | |
| c. (as noun in combination): a six-year-old | |
| 6. | (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 |
| 7. | (capital when part of a name) designating the form of a language in which the earliest known records are written: Old English |
| 8. | (prenominal) familiar through long acquaintance or repetition: an old friend; an old excuse |
| 9. | practised; hardened: old in cunning |
| 10. | cherished; dear: used as a term of affection or familiarity: good old George |
| 11. | informal (
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| 12. | skilled through long experience (esp in the phrase an old hand) |
| 13. | out-of-date; unfashionable |
| 14. | remote or distant in origin or time of origin: an old culture |
| 15. | (prenominal) former; previous: my old house was small |
| 16. | a. (prenominal) established for a relatively long time: an old member |
| b. (in combination): old-established | |
| 17. | sensible, wise, or mature: old beyond one's years |
| 18. | youthful See also mature (of a river, valley, or land surface) in the final stage of the cycle of erosion, characterized by flat extensive flood plains and minimum relief |
| 19. | (intensifier) (esp in phrases such as a good old time, any old thing, any old how, etc) |
| 20. | (of crops) harvested late |
| 21. | good old days an earlier period of time regarded as better than the present |
| 22. | informal little old indicating affection, esp humorous affection: my little old wife |
| 23. | informal the old one, the old gentleman a jocular name for Satan |
| —n | |
| 24. | an earlier or past time (esp in the phrase of old): in days of old |
| [Old English eald; related to Old Saxon ald, Old High German, German alt, Latin altus high] | |
| usage Many people nowadays prefer to talk about older people rather than old people, and the phrase the old is best avoided altogether | |
| 'oldish | |
| —adj | |
| 'oldness | |
| —n | |
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