Definition of Old
Adjective: old (older,oldest) ówld
- (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?"
- Of long duration; not new
"old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
"good old boy"; "same old story"
- Skilled through long experience
"an old offender"; "the older soldiers";
- older
- Belonging to some prior time
"old friend";
- erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime
- (used informally especially for emphasis) authentic and real
"had us a high old time";
- honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough
- Just preceding something else in time or order
"my old house was larger";
- previous
- No longer valid or fashionable
"old equipment";
- outdated, out-of-date, superannuated
- Past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old')
- (linguistics) of a very early stage in development
"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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