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old

გამოთქმა: /əʊld/

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Universal
  • 1having lived for a long time; no longer young:the old man lay propped up on cushionsSee also elder1, eldest.
  • made or built long ago:the old quarter of the town
  • possessed or used for a long time:he gave his old clothes away
  • informal, chiefly US boring or tiresome, especially as a result of repetition or overfamiliarity:I wish she’d shut up—it’s getting old
  • 2 [attributive] belonging to the past; former:valuation under the old rating system was inexact
  • used to refer to a thing which has been replaced by something similar:we moved back into our old house
  • dating from far back; long-established or known:we greeted each other like old friends I get sick of the same old routine
  • denoting someone who formerly attended a specified school:an old Etonian
  • (of a form of a language) as used in former or earliest times.
  • 3 [in combination] of a specified age:he was fourteen years old a seven-month-old baby
  • [as noun, in combination] a person or animal of the age specified:a nineteen-year-old
  • 4 [attributive] informal used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt:good old Mum I didn’t like playing with silly old dolls

any old

any item of a specified type (used to show that no particular individual is in question):any old room would have done

any old how

in no particular order:they’ve dropped things just any old how

as old as the hills

very old (often used in exaggerated statements): the technology we’re using is as old as the hills

be old enough to be someone's father (or mother)

informal be much older than someone (used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the people concerned is inappropriate): he was furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father

for old times' sake

see sake1.

of old

  • 1in or belonging to the past:he was more reticent than of old
  • 2for a long time:they knew him of old

the old days

a period in the past, typically regarded as significantly better or worse than the present:it was easier in the old days we are less confident than in the good old days

the Old Firm

informal (in Scotland) a name for Celtic and Rangers Football Clubs: [as modifier]:an Old Firm match

you can't put an old head on young shoulders

proverb you can’t expect a young person to have the wisdom or maturity associated with older people.

oldish

adjective

oldness

noun

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