old
/əʊld/
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time; 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; Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life
- comparative
- elder
- superlative
- eldest
Meanings
- 1
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time
How old are they now?
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
How old was he then?
Tatoeba · araneo · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
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
- 3
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.; Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life
- 4
Having been used and thus no longer new or unused
- 5
Having existed or lived for the specified time
- 6
Of an earlier time.; Former, previous
- 7
Of an earlier time.; Obsolete; out-of-date
- 8
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.; Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to othersrare
- 9
Of an earlier time.; That is no longer in existencerare
- 10
Of an earlier time.; Familiarrare