Word Finder - old

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(with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

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A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.

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(in combination) One of a specified age.

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when he was an eight-year-old ; a 62-year-old should

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A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.

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(most often plural) One's parents.

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I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.

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Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

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an old abandoned building;  an old friend

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Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

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I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

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Having existed or lived for the specified time.

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How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.

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(heading) Of an earlier time.

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Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

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Your constant pestering is getting old.

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Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

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A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

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We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV.  My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.

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Excessive, abundant.