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Old English ald, from Germanic *alđoz ‘grown-up’, originally a participle form corresponding to Latin altus. Cognate with Dutch oud, German alt, West Frisian âld, Scots auld.

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old (comparative older or elder, superlative oldest or eldest)

Positive
old

Comparative
older or elder

Superlative
oldest or eldest
  1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
    an old abandoned building
    an old friend
  2. Of a living being, having lived for relatively many years.
    a wrinkled old man
  3. 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.
    My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
  4. Former, previous.
    My new car is not as good as my old one.
    • 1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
      But over my old life, a new life had formed.
  5. Obsolete; out-of-date.
    That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
  6. Tiresome
    Your constant pestering is getting old.
  7. (color/colour) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

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of an object, concept, etc: having existed for a relatively long period of time
of a living being: having lived for relatively many years
former
having existed or lived for the specified time
  • Bosnian: star bs(bs)
  • Catalan: translated by tenir followed by the length of time
    She’s five years old — Ella té cinc anys
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 歲, 岁 (suì)
    I am five years old - 我五歲, 我五岁(wǒ wǔ suì)
  • Czech: starý cs(cs)
  • Danish: gammel da(da)
  • Finnish: vuotias fi(fi)
    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: בֵּן (ben) m., בַּת (bat) f.
    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
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old

  1. to solve
  2. to untie

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