Meaning

2 senses
  1. Old; having lived for relatively many years.

    älter, bejahrt, betagt

    ста́рыйstáryj, пожило́йpožilój, в лета́хv letáx

    стари́йstarýj, лі́тнійlítnij, у літа́хu litáx

  2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

More definitions
  • advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)

Examples

197 sentences
  1. I met an elderly woman.

    Я зустрів одну літню жінку. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ встретил одну пожилую женщину. — Wadimiy

  2. You need to respect the elderly.

  3. I'm already what you call elderly.

  4. Tom gave his seat to an elderly lady.

  5. Tom helped the elderly man cross the road.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
old:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
old:

Forms

more elderly, most elderly
Comparativemore elderly Lesson
Superlativemost elderly Lesson

regular

Synonyms

89 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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