OLDS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

just preceding something else in time or order

Example: the previous owner; my old house was larger

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

of long duration

Example: not new; old tradition; old house; old wine; old country; old friendships; old money

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

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

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

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

belonging to some prior time

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

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

of a very early stage in development

Example: 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

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

skilled through long experience

Example: an old offender; the older soldiers

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

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