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old is the dictionary form of Old's Definition of old
old has definitions from the field of linguistics |
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[ adjective ] (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young
Examples "a ripe old age" "how old are you?" often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant" |
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[ adjective ] of long duration; not new
Examples "old tradition" "old house" "old wine" "old country" "old friendships" "old money" |
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[ adjective ] of an earlier time
Examples "his old classmates" |
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[ adjective ] (used for emphasis) very familiar
Examples "good old boy" "same old story" |
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[ adjective ] lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Synonyms Examples "moth-eaten theories about race" |
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[ adjective ] (linguistics) of a very early stage in development
Examples "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon" "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century" |
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[ adjective ] used informally especially for emphasis
Synonyms Examples "a real honest-to-god live cowboy" "had us a high old time" "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" |
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[ adjective ] just preceding something else in time or order
Synonyms Examples "the previous owner" "my old house was larger" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12553
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[ adjective ] used informally especially for emphasis
Synonyms Examples "a real honest-to-god live cowboy" "had us a high old time" "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" |
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[ noun ] past times (especially in the phrase "in days of old")
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