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English

{{rank|where|those|own|105|old|came|men|come}}

Etymology

ald, from Germanic *alđoz ‘grown-up’, originally a participle form corresponding to Latin altus. Cognate with Dutch oud, German alt.

Pronunciation


Adjective

old ( older or elder, oldest or eldest)

  1. Of an object, concept, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
  2. :* an old abandoned building
  3. Of a living being, having lived for relatively many years.
  4. :* a wrinkled old man
  5. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
  6. :* How old are they? She’s five years old and he’s seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old.
  7. :* My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
  8. :* a five-year-old car
  9. former|Former, previous.
  10. :* My new car is not as good as my old one.
  11. * 1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
  12. *: But over my old life, a new life had formed.
  13. obsolete|Obsolete; out-of-date.
  14. :* That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
  15. tiresome|Tiresome
  16. : Your constant pestering is getting old.


Synonyms


Antonyms


Derived terms

Translations

  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|plak|xs=Albanian}}
  • Arabic: (kabīr as-sin)
  • Aragonese: biello
  • Armenian: ծեր (tzer)
  • Bosnian:
  • Catalan: vell, gran
  • Chinese: 老的 (lǎo de)
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Estonian:
  • Finnish:
  • French: vieux , vieil m sg before a vowel or h muet, vieille , vieilles (used before the noun)
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t|el|γηραιός|m|sc=Grek}} (giraiós), {{t|el|ηλικιωμένος|m|sc=Grek}} (ilikioménos)
  • Hebrew: זקן|זָקֵן (zaken) , זקנה (zkena) , זקנים (zkenim) , זקנות (zkenot)
  • Hungarian:
  • Ido: olda
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|sean|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: vecchio , vecchia , vecchi , vecchie
  • Armenian: անցած (antsatz)
  • Bosnian:
  • Catalan: vell, antic
  • Czech:
  • Danish: tidligere
  • French: ancien , ancienne (used before the noun), ex-#French|ex-
  • Greek: {{t|el|πρώην|sc=Grek}} (próin), {{t|el|τέως|sc=Grek}} (téos)
  • Irish: sean, ath-
  • Kurdish: (ya/yê) berê,
  • Norwegian:
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|stary|m}}, {{t-|pl|stara|f}}, {{t-|pl|stare|n}}
  • Portuguese:
  • Bosnian:
  • Catalan: translated by tenir followed by the length of time
  • : She’s five years old — Ella té cinc anys
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Finnish:
  • : I am five years old - Olen viisivuotias
  • French: translated by avoir followed by the length of time
  • : She’s five years old — Elle a cinq ans
  • : a five-year-old car — une voiture qui a cinq ans, une voiture de cinq ans
  • Hebrew: בן|בֵּן (ben) , בת|בַּת (bat)
  • : She’s five years old — הִיא בַּת חָמֵש שָׁנִים
  • : a five-year-old car — מְכוֹנִית בַּת חָמֵש שָׁנִים
  • Irish: d'aois (of age)
  • : She’s five years old — Tá sí cúig bhliana d’aois
  • Italian: translated by avere followed by the length of time
  • : She’s five years old — Ha cinque anni
  • : a five-year-old car — una macchina che ha cinque anni
  • :
  • : Simplified: 旧的 (jiù de), 很久的 (hěn jiǔ de), 古老的 (gǔlǎo de), 过时的 (guòshí de); 老的 (lǎo de), 年老的 (nián lǎo de) (age)
  • : Traditional: 舊的 (jiù de), 很久的 (hěn jiǔ de), 古老的 (gǔlǎo de), 過時的 (guòshí de); 老的 (lǎo de), 年老的 (nián lǎo de) (age)
  • : malnova
  • : (fe)
  • : (pir) (1), (ghadimi)
  • : hên

Category:200 English basic words

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Hungarian

Verb

old

  1. to solve
  2. to untie


Category:Hungarian verbs

af:old ang:old ar:old ca:old de:old es:old fa:old fr:old ko:old hy:old io:old id:old it:old kk:old ku:old lo:old la:old lt:old li:old hu:old nl:old ja:old pa:old pl:old pt:old ru:old simple:old fi:old sv:old ta:old te:old vi:old tr:old uk:old zh:old

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English

Adjective

Synonyms: (having existed for a relatively long period of time)

ancient - * aged - * decrepit - implies poor condition prehistoric - literally, existing since before written history ragged - implies poor condition stale - implies loss of novelty time-worn - implies loss of novelty withered - implies loss of size and chenge in texture |}

Synonyms: (having lived for relatively many years)

ancient - implies excessively great age aged - * age-worn - * decrepit - implies poor health elder - * elderly - nearest synonym matured - * senior - * weary - implies loss of vigor wrinkled-up - * |}

Synonyms: (having existed or lived for the specified time)

aged - * |}

Synonyms: (former, previous)

discontinued - * disused - * erstwhile - * ex- - * former - nearest synonym obsolete - * one-time - * outdated - * past - * preceding - * previous - nearest synonym primitive - * supplanted - * |}

Synonyms: (out-of-date)

antiquated - * obsolete - * out-of-date - * |}

Synonyms: (tiresome)

stale - * time-worn - * tresome - * |}

Pseudo-synonyms

declining - as in "declining years" geriatric - in the context of a person matronly - used when indicated femininity mouldy - * prototypical - * |}

Slang Terms

geezerly - * shrivled-up - * |}

Idioms

fossilized - * ivy-covered - * moss-covered - * prehistoric - * preserved - * |}

Antonyms

age-defying - * brand new - * current - * fresh - * junior - * juvenile - * new - * new-fangled - * pubescent - * latest - * young - * |}

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Old \Old\ ([=o]ld), n.
Open country. [Obs.] See World. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older; superl. Oldest.] [OE. old,
ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
[1913 Webster]

Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
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2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
"An old acquaintance." --Camden.
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3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
"The old schools of Greece." --Milton. "The character of
the old Ligurians." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
cathedral centuries old.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
--Cen. xlvii.
8.
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Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
[1913 Webster]

5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
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Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
--Milton.
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6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
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7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
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8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
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If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
old turning the key. --Shak.
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9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
as a term of reproach.
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10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
[1913 Webster]

11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life.

Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1.

Old Catholics. See under Catholic.

Old English. See under English. n., 2.

Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil.

Old lady (Zool.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
maura}).

Old maid.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
been married; a spinster.
(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle (Vinca rosea).
(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid.

Old man's beard. (Bot.)
(a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named
from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.

Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
long white hairs.

Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of
Geology.

Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time,
or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.

Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called
also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.

Old squaw (Zool.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting
the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is
varied with black and white and is remarkable for the
length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, {south
southerly}, callow, hareld, and old wife.

Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style.

Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and
see tanak.

Old wife. [In the senses
b and
c written also oldwife.]
(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.

Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
iv. 7.
(b) (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the
European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the
American alewife, etc.
(c) (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw.

Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet old
adj 1: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively
long time or attained a specific age; especially not
young; often used as a combining form to indicate an
age as specified as in `a week-old baby'; "an old
man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother
is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
[ant: young]
2: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house";
"old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
[ant: new]
3: of an earlier time; "his old classmates"
4: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old
story" [syn: old(a)]
5: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
"moth-eaten theories about race" [syn: stale, moth-eaten]
6: just preceding something else in time or order; "the
previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous(a)]
7: 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"
8: old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
[syn: older]
9: used informally especially for emphasis; "a real
honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time";
"went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" [syn: honest-to-god,
honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)]
n : past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
Moby Dictionary
abandoned , abjured , adult , advanced , advanced in life ,
advanced in years , age-old , aged , ageless , along in years , ancient ,
antediluvian , antiquated , antique , archaic , auld , big , blase ,
bygone , constant , continuing , cosmopolitan , cosmopolite , dated ,
dateless , demode , deserted , discontinued , disused , done with ,
early , elderly , enduring , erstwhile , established , experienced ,
firm , fore , former , getting on , gray , gray with age , gray-haired ,
gray-headed , grown , grown old , grown-up , hoar , hoary , immemorial ,
inveterate , knowing , late , lifelong , long-lived , marriable ,
marriageable , mature , matured , maturescent , not born yesterday ,
not worth saving , nubile , obsolescent , obsolete , of age ,
of marriageable age , of old , of yore , old as Methuselah ,
old as history , old as time , old-fashioned , old-time , old-timey ,
olden , oldfangled , on the shelf , once , onetime , out , out of use ,
out-of-date , outdated , outmoded , outworn , overage , passe , past ,
past use , patriarchal , pensioned off , perennial , perpetual ,
practical , practiced , prehistoric , previous , primeval , primitive ,
prior , quondam , recent , relinquished , renounced , resigned , retired ,
ripe , ripened , sagacious , seasoned , senectuous , skilled , solid ,
sometime , sophisticated , staying , steady , superannuate ,
superannuated , superseded , then , timeless , timeworn , traditional ,
tried , tried and true , venerable , versed , vet , veteran , whilom ,
white , white with age , white-bearded , white-crowned , white-haired ,
world-wise , worldly , worldly-wise , worn-out , wrinkled , wrinkly ,
years old


OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an _old_ book. "Old books? The devil take them!" Goby said. "Fresh every day must be my books and bread." Nature herself approves the Goby rule And gives us every moment a fresh fool. Harley Shum
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