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Old

adjective

(compar. older; superl. oldest)

1.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age. "A ripe old age" , "How old are you?"

2.

Of long duration; not new. "Old house" , "Old wine" , "Old country" , "Old friendships" , "Old money"

3.

(used for emphasis) very familiar. "Same old story"

4.

Skilled through long experience. Synonym: older. "The older soldiers"

5.

Belonging to some prior time. Synonyms: erstwhile, former, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime. "Our former glory" , "The once capital of the state" , "Her quondam lover"

6.

(used informally especially for emphasis). Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough. "Had us a high old time" , "Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

7.

Of a very early stage in development. "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

8.

Just preceding something else in time or order. Synonym: previous. "My old house was larger"

noun

1.

Past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old').

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"Old" Quotes from Famous Books

... interfering. The other soldiers ran to Christophe drawing their sabers. The peasants flung themselves at them. The uproar became general. Mugs flew across the room; the tables were overturned. The peasants woke up; they had old scores to pay off. The men rolled about on the ground and bit each other savagely. Lorchen's partner, a stolid farm-hand, had caught hold of the head of the soldier who had just insulted him and was banging it furiously ...

— Jean-Christophe, Vol. I • Romain Rolland

... (150 seats; term limits not established) elections: in May 1997, following the adoption of the new constitution, 75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the old Central Committee of the EPLF), 60 members of the 527-member Constituent Assembly, that had been established in 1997 to discuss and ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreans living abroad were formed into a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative ...

— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... have to wait for an answer to that question," said Lord Hastings. "In the meantime, it would be well this afternoon to get whatever equipment you may need. Your other things, together with mine, are at the bottom of the sea with the old D-16." ...

— The Boy Allies Under the Sea • Robert L. Drake

... old level in front of the house, artificially widened out of his remembrance, with a white flag-pole planted at its edge, and he looked up at the front of the house, which was unchanged, except that it had been built a story higher back of the ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... that you will remember.' And they did so before we left them behind. Now, above the lily-spotted water, deep and clear, showed a little cluster of houses on a low cliff, and below these, close to the river, an old pigeon-house ...

— Two Summers in Guyenne • Edward Harrison Barker

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