old
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period…Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
» You're never too old to learn.
Es ist nie zu spät zum Lernen.
Man ist nie zu alt zum Lernen.
Man ist zum Lernen nie zu alt.
Учиться никогда не поздно.
Вчитися ніколи не пізно.
Meaning
17 sensesOf an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building
an old friend
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old man
Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
an old loaf of bread
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Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
the ginkgo is one of the oldest living trees
Basque is the oldest language in Europe
Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
Having existed or lived for the specified time.
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
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Of an earlier time.
Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians
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бы́вшийbývšij, пре́жнийpréžnij, ста́рыйstáryj
That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
Familiar.
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
She always makes the same old excuses.
(used for emphasis) very familiar
(UK)Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
Your constant pestering is getting old.
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Examples
11762 sentencesYou're never too old to learn.
Вчитися ніколи не пізно.
ruУчиться никогда не поздно.
deEs ist nie zu spät zum Lernen.
The old man died of cancer.
Цей старий помер від раку.
ruСтарик умер от рака.
deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs.
What's your older sister doing now?
Що зараз робить ваша сестра?
ruЧто сейчас делает твоя старшая сестра?
deWas macht deine ältere Schwester gerade?
You and I are old friends.
Ми з тобою старі друзі.
ruМы с вами старинные друзья.
deDu und ich, wir sind alte Freunde.
My older brother is a teacher.
Мій старший брат — учитель.
ruМой старший брат - учитель.
deMein älterer Bruder ist Lehrer.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient,Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”).
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Forms
older/elder, oldest/eldestSynonyms
60 synonymsAntonyms
10 antonymsWord family
161 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- older older than
- older older
- years old
- an an old
- thirteen years old
- three years old
- thirty years old
- old enough to
- older older brother
- years older older
- is older older
- as old as