noun
- Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'. )
adjective
- Used especially of persons. ( having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
- usage: "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you"
- Of long duration; not new.
- usage: "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
- Used for emphasis. ( very familiar)
- usage: "good old boy"; "same old story"
- Skilled through long experience.
- usage: "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
- synonyms: older
- Belonging to some prior time.
- usage: "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
- Used informally especially for emphasis. ()
- usage: "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.
- usage: "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.
- usage: "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
- synonyms: previous
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