old

Meaning

Adj

1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
2. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
3. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
4. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
5. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
6. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
7. Of an earlier time.
8. Of an earlier time.
9. Of an earlier time.
10. Of an earlier time.
11. Of an earlier time.
12. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
13. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
14. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
15. (informal) Indicating affection and familiarity.
16. Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
17. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.

Noun

1. People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
2. (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
3. (slang) One's parents.
4. A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊld/

Etymology

From Middle English olde, ald, 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”). Cognate with Scots auld (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, uul (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Dutch oud (“old”), Low German old (“old”), German alt (“old”), Swedish äldre (“older, elder”), Icelandic eldri (“older, elder”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.

Sentences

The old woman had said the same thing .

And yet , none of these people has ever met the old king .

Robert Soto has been dancing since he was eight years old .

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .

The attic was dark and smelt of old dust .

" Learn to recognize omens , and follow them ," the old king had said .

After its demise , the city would never attain its old glory again .

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .