Definitions for old
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. oldadjective

   past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

2. oldadjective

   (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

   "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

3. oldadjective

   of long duration; not new

   "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"

4. old(a)adjective

   (used for emphasis) very familiar

   "good old boy"; "same old story"

5. old, olderadjective

   skilled through long experience

   "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

6. erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)adjective

   belonging to some prior time

   "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

7. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)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"

8. Oldadjective

   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"

9. previous(a), oldadjective

   just preceding something else in time or order

   "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oldnoun

   People who are old; old beings.

2. oldnoun

   The older generation.

3. oldadjective

   Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

4. oldadjective

   Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

   a wrinkled old man

5. oldadjective

   Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.

   An old loaf of bread.

6. oldadjective

   Of an item that has been used and so is not new .

   I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

7. oldadjective

   Having existed or lived for the specified time.

8. oldadjective

   Former, previous.

9. oldadjective

   That is no longer in existence.

   The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.

10. oldadjective

    Obsolete; out-of-date.

    That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.

11. oldadjective

    Familiar.

    When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.

12. oldadjective

    Tiresome.

    Your constant pestering is getting old.

13. oldadjective

    Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

14. oldadjective

    A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive.

    We're having a good old time.

15. Etymology: ald, from aldaz, originally a participle form corresponding to Latin altus. Cognate with Dutch oud, Low German old, German alt, West Frisian âld, Scots auld.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OLDadjective

   Etymology: eald , Saxon; alt, German.

   1. Past the middle part of life; not young.

   To old age since you your self aspire,
   Let not old age disgrace my high desire. Philip Sidney.

   He wooes high and low, rich and poor, young and old. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Wind.

   2. Of long continuance; begun long ago.

   When Gardiner was sent over as embassador into France, with great pomp, he said unto an old acquaintance of his that came to take his leave of him, Now I am in my gloria patri. Yea, said his friend, and I hope, et nunc et semper. Or, replied the bishop, if it please the king my master, sicat erat in principio, a poor scholar of Cambridge again. William Camden, Remains.

   3. Not new.

   The vine beareth more grapes when it is young; but grapes that make better wine when it is old; for that the juice is better concocted. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   4. Ancient; not modern.

   The Genoese are cunning, industrious, and inured to hardship; which was likewise the character of the old Ligurians. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   5. Of any specified duration.

   How old art thou? Not so young, Sir, to love a woman for singing; nor so old to doat on her for any thing. I have years on my back forty-eight. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Plead you to me, fair dame, I know you not.
   In Ephesus I am but two hours old,
   As strange unto your town as to your talk. William Shakespeare.

   Any man that shall live to see thirty persons descended of his body alive together, and all above three years old, makes this feast, which is done at the cost of the state. Francis Bacon.

   6. Subsisting before something else.

   The Latian king, unless he shall submit,
   Own his old promise, and his new forget,
   Let him in arms the pow’r of Turnus prove. Dryd.

   He must live in danger of his house falling about his ears, and will find it cheaper to build it again from the ground in a new form; which may not be so convenient as the old. Jonathan Swift, Proj. for the Advan. of Relig.

   7. Long practised.

   Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, will they now commit whoredoms with her? Ezek. xxiii. 43.

   8. A word to signify in burlesque language, more than enough.

   Here will be old Utis; it will be an excellent stratagem. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   Here’s a knocking indeed; if a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. William Shakespeare.

   9. Of old; long ago; from ancient times.

   These things they cancel, as having been instituted in regard of occasions peculiar to the times of old, and as being now superfluous. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 35.

   Whether such virtue spent of old now fail’d
   More angels to create. John Milton, P. Lost, b. ix.

   A land there is, Hesperia nam’d of old,
   The soil is fruitful, and the men are bold;
   Now call’d Italia, from the leader’s name. Dryden.

   In days of old there liv’d of mighty fame,
   A valiant prince, and Theseus was his name. Dryd.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Old

   If you were looking for the Dexys Midnight Runners song called Old, see here."Old" is a song recorded by American heavy metal band Machine Head. It was released as a single in two different versions. The title track is taken from the 1994 album Burn My Eyes. It is the fourth track featured on the band's live album Hellalive, and the ninth track featured on the band's second live album Machine Fucking Head Live.

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1. old

   Old is a term used to indicate something or someone's advanced age or considerable age in relation to the average lifespan or expected longevity. It can refer to objects, ideas, or living beings that have been in existence for a long time and have undergone significant wear, deterioration, or change due to the passage of time. The precise understanding of what constitutes being old may vary depending on the context and the subject matter involved.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Old

   ōld, adj. advanced in years: having been long in existence: worn out: out of date, old-fashioned: ancient, former, antique, early: (coll.) great, high: having the age or duration of: long practised: sober, wise.—n. Old-clothes′man, one who buys cast-off garments.—v.i. Old′en, to grow old, to become affected by age.—adj. old, ancient.—adj. Old-fash′ioned, of a fashion like that used long ago: out of date: clinging to old things and old styles: with manners like those of a grown-up person (said of a child).—n. Old-fash′ionedness.—adjs. Old-fō′gyish, like an old fogy; Old-gen′tlemanly, characteristic of an old gentleman; Old′ish, somewhat old; Old′-light, denoting those of the Seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state—the position maintained by the first Seceders in 1733.—n. one of this body.—ns. Old-maid′hood, Old-maid′ism.—adj. Old-maid′ish, like the conventional old maid, prim.—ns. Old′ness; Old′ster (coll.), a man getting old: a midshipman of four years' standing, a master's mate.—adj. Old′-time, of or pertaining to times long gone by: of long standing: old-fashioned.—n. Old′-tim′er, one who has lived in a place or kept a position for a long time.—adjs. Old-wom′anish, like an old woman; Old′-world, belonging to earlier times, antiquated, old-fashioned.—n. the Eastern Hemisphere.—Old age, the later part of life; Old bachelor, an unmarried man somewhat advanced in years; Old English (see English): the form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers; Old gold, a dull gold colour like tarnished gold, used in textile fabrics; Old Harry, Nick, One, &c., the devil; Old Hundred, properly Old Hundredth, a famous tune set in England about the middle of the 16th century to Kethe's version of the 100th Psalm, marked 'Old Hundredth' in Tate and Brady's new version in 1696; Old maid, a woman who has not been married, and is past the usual age of marriage: a simple game played by matching cards from a pack from which a card (usually a queen) has been removed; Old man, unregenerate human nature: (coll.) one's father, guardian, or employer (usually with 'the'); Old Red Sandstone (see Sand); Old salt, an experienced sailor; Old school, of, or resembling, earlier days, old-fashioned; Old song, a mere trifle, a very small price; Old squaw, a sea-duck of the northern hemisphere—also Old wife; Old Style (often written with a date O.S.), the mode of reckoning time before 1752, according to the Julian calendar or year of 365¼ days; Old Testament (see Testament); Old Tom, a strong kind of English gin; Old wife, a prating old woman, or even a man: a chimney-cap for curing smoking.—Of old, long ago, in ancient times, or belonging to such. [A.S. eald; Dut. oud; Ger. alt.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OLD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Old is ranked #24237 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Old surname appeared 1,035 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Old.
   
   94.2% or 975 total occurrences were White.
   2.5% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 12 total occurrences were Black.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'old' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #148

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'old' in Written Corpus Frequency: #218

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'old' in Adjectives Frequency: #4

Anagrams for old »

1. DLO

2. DOL

3. dol

4. LDO

5. Lod

How to pronounce old?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say old in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of old in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of old in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of old in a Sentence

1. Bob Dylan:

   Leon Redbonecrossed went on to put out 16 more records. Leon Redbonecrossed career got a boost in the early 1970s when Bob Dylan met Bob Dylan at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Ontario, Canada, and praised Leon Redbonecrossed performance. Bob Dylan said that if Bob Dylan ever started a label, Bob Dylan would have signed Leon Redbonecrossed. Leon interests me, ive heard hes anywhere from 25 to 60, Ive been( a foot and a half from him) and I cant tell, but you got ta see him. He does old Jimmie Rodgers, then turns around and does a Robert Johnson.

2. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco:

   Because of the pure evil that happened yesterday, theres a 75-year-old man, whos a father, a grandfather, a Vietnam War veteran, who was killed.

3. Joe Smiley:

   With the geologists, one thing they noticed was how dark the soil looked and saying that shows how saturated it was. And that might be from an old lake bed up there.

4. Ismail Khan:

   One of my nephews was kidnapped. He was about 10 years old, americans are nothing without the translator. We are their mouth, their ears, their eyes. If they leave them behind, they are going to die. Most of them are going to die. MICROWAVE WEAPONS ARE TARGETING Ismail Khan OFFICIALS AT HOME AND ABROAD Chase Millsap served 3 tours in Iraq as a Marine Captain and spent 5 years trying to bring Chase Millsap Iraqi counterpart, who faced death threats from ISIS, to the US on a Special Immigrant Visa. Chase Millsap’s still waiting.

5. William Faulkner:

   The world is still, for she is old And many´s the bead of life she´s told. Her gossip there, the watching moon Views hill and stream and wave and dune

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=old
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Old
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=old
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=old
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html