old adjective (NOT YOUNG/NEW)
› unsuitable because intended for older people:
Mehr Beispiele
- A group of old men sat playing dominoes.
- Many buildings in the old part of the city are falling down, and the government has no money to repair them.
- As people get older, they often become set in their ways.
- It would be a sacrilege to put a neon sign on that beautiful old building.
- There's some wonderful calligraphy in these old manuscripts.
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old adjective (WHAT AGE)
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- An adult under British law is someone over 18 years old.
- Most children in the UK remain in full-time education until they are at least 16 years old.
- How old is his daughter?
- The trial was held in camera because the accused was only 14 years old.
- He asked me how old I was and, lying through my teeth, I said '29'.
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- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- rising
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
old adjective (FROM THE PAST)
A2 [ before noun ] from a period in the past:
Mehr Beispiele
- After six months of chopping and changing, we've decided to go back to our old system.
- Just by coincidence, I met my old school-mate again 50 years later.
- It will only complicate the situation if we invite his old girlfriend as well.
- The new Prime Minister is cultivating relationships with old Eastern Bloc countries.
- The new house is not dissimilar to our old one except that it's a bit bigger.
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old adjective (LANGUAGE)
› a language when it was in an early stage in its development
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old adjective (VERY FAMILIAR)
A2 [ before noun ] (especially of a friend) known for a long time:
› [ before noun ] informal used before someone's name when you are referring to or talking to them, to show that you know that person well and like them:
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- The old are particularly vulnerable to these fraudsters.
- These holidays are aimed at the old.
- The old tend to have a different perspective on war.
› old people considered together as a group:
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