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old meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of old at MeaningMonkey.org. old meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.OLD noun
Definition of old (noun)
- past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
OLD adjective
Definition of old (adjective)
- (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?"
- antonym: immature
- of long duration; not new
- "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
- antonym: new
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
- "good old boy"; "same old story"
- skilled through long experience
- "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
- synonyms: older
- belonging to some prior time
- (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"
- synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough
- 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"
- just preceding something else in time or order
- "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
- synonyms: previous
Source: Princeton University Wordnet