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(satellite adjective) (linguistics) of a very early stage in development; "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" |
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(satellite adjective) old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" |
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Synonyms: older |
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(satellite adjective) (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story" |
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(adjective) of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" |
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Antonyms: new |
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(adjective) (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; "an old man's eagle mind"- William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant" |
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Antonyms: young |
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(satellite adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race" |
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Synonyms: moth-eaten, stale |
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(satellite adjective) of an earlier time; "his old classmates" |
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(noun) past times (especially in the phrase "in days of old") |
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Related Words: past, past times, yesteryear, yore |
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(satellite adjective) just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" |
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Synonyms: previous |
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(satellite adjective) used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" |
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Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough |
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