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old


Definition: Meaning of, old in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / əʊld /

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old older oldest
  1. not new something that is old has existed or been used for a long time
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  2. not young someone who is old has lived for a very long time
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  3. not young the old [plural] people who are old
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  4. age used to talk about how long a person or thing has lived or existed
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  5. that you used to have [only before noun] your old house, job, girlfriend etc is one that you used to have [=  former]
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  6. familiar [only before noun] old things are things that are familiar to you because you have seen them or experienced them many times before
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  7. very well known [only before noun] an old friend, enemy etc is someone you have known for a long time
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  8. the old days times in the past
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  9. the good old days/the bad old days an earlier time in your life, or in history, when things seemed better or worse than now
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  10. be/feel/look like your old self to feel or look better again after you have been ill or very unhappy
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  11. any old thing/place/time etc spoken used to say that it does not matter which thing, place etc you choose
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  12. any old how/way spoken in an untidy or careless way
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  13. good/poor/silly old etc somebody spoken used to talk about someone you like
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  14. a good old something British English spoken used to talk about something you enjoy
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  15. old devil/rascal etc spoken used to talk about someone you like and admire
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  16. old fool/bastard/bat etc spoken not polite used to talk very rudely about someone you do not like
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  17. the old guard a group of people within an organization or club who do not like changes or new ideas
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  18. be an old hand (at something) to have a lot of experience of something
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  19. be old before your time to look or behave like someone much older than you, especially because of difficulties in your life
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  20. for old times' sake if you do something for old times' sake, you do it to remind yourself of a happy time in the past
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  21. the old country especially American English the country that you were born in, but that you no longer live in, used especially to mean Europe
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  22. an old head on young shoulders British English a young person who seems to think and behave like an older person
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  23. pay/settle an old score to punish someone for something wrong that they did to you in the past
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  24. of/from the old school old-fashioned and believing in old ideas and customs
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  25. old wives' tale a belief based on old ideas that are now considered to be untrue
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  26. of old literary from a long time ago in the past
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  27. Old English/Old Icelandic etc an early form of English, Icelandic etc
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Old


Definition: Meaning of, Old in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / əʊld /

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  1. linguistics of a very early stage in development
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Old used in phrases

  • Cole, Old King
  • Grand Old Duke of York, the
    1. a character in a British NURSERY RHYME (= an old song or poem for children) The rhyme goes: Oh the Grand Old Duke of York/ He had ten thousand men,/ He marched them up to the top of the hill/ And he marched them down again.
  • Old Bailey
    1. the Old Bailey the most famous law court in the UK, officially called the Central Criminal Court. It is a CROWN COURT (= a court that deals with very serious crimes) in London, named after the street it is on.
  • Old Bill (noun)
    1. the Old Bill British English informal the police
  • Old Bulgarian (noun)
    1. the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
  • Old Bullion (noun)
    1. 1782-1858 united States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency
  • Old Catholic (noun)
    1. a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
  • Old Catholic Church (noun)
    1. catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century
  • Old Church Slavic (noun)
    1. the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
  • Old Church Slavonic (noun)
    1. the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
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