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old

(/oU/ld )

adjective (a)

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age(adj.all)

Example:
His mother is very old.
A ripe old age.
How old are you?.

Antonym:
immature, young

source: wordnet30
of long duration; not new(adj.all)

Example:
Old tradition.
Old house.
Old wine.
Old country.
Old friendships.
Old money.

Antonym:
new

source: wordnet30
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.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')(noun.time)

source: wordnet30
Open country.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

(used for emphasis) very familiar(adj.all)

Example:
Good old boy.
Same old story.

source: wordnet30
skilled through long experience(adj.all)

Example:
An old offender.
The older soldiers.

Synonym:
older

source: wordnet30
belonging to some prior time(adj.all)

Synonym:
erstwhile, former, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime

source: wordnet30
(used informally especially for emphasis)(adj.all)

Example:
Had us a high old time.

Synonym:
honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough

source: wordnet30
of a very early stage in development(adj.all)

Example:
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.

source: wordnet30
just preceding something else in time or order(adj.all)

Example:
My old house was larger.

Synonym:
previous

source: wordnet30

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