elderly
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- adjective
- /ˈɛldərli/
:
mayor
- On the average day, only 4.6 percent of the elderly are in nursing homes.
- elderly people
- elderly person
- elderly people living alone
And tying it back to the elderly person lying on their deathbed.
- And tying it back to the elderly person lying on their deathbed.
- And one of the Indian chiefs who had been involved was elderly at that point, near death.
- Older like you as an elderly influencer.
- But often patients who are very elderly, very frail, would not be fit for surgery.
- Like how do you physically push an elderly man and leave him to bleed out of his head?
- We're told that he watched secretly one day as Antoninus helped his elderly stepfather up a flight of stairs.
- Sorry, my mom would kill me if I said that I call myself elderly before long here.
Examples
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They pick on the elderly, they pick on people for whom English is not their first language.
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For me, like most of the elderly, it becomes hard to make new friends.
Academic text (2011) -
So this guy knew clearly he was targeting an elderly woman, right?
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Indeed, Medicare was created in large part because elderly Americans simply could not obtain private insurance.
Academic text (2011) -
As Joe walks down the steps, an elderly woman approaches with her dog, Molly, a mutt.
Fiction book (1990) -
The mailman was alone behind the counter, helping an elderly man with a white mustache.
Fiction book (1991) -
The community center offers various activities for the elderly to enjoy and socialize.
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She volunteers her time at the nursing home, where she loves listening to the stories of the elderly residents.
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The elderly man thanked the young couple for helping him carry his groceries up the stairs.
Synonyms
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A person who has lived for a long time
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A person who is older and usually of retirement age
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People who are old and have lived a long time
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A polite way to talk about someone who is not young, often middle-aged
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Having more years of life or more work experience than someone else
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A little past middle age for people and slightly out of date for things
Antonyms
How Old
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elderly comes from elder, which means 'older' — think of an 'elder' in a family who has more years. So elderly means someone who is old or has lived many years.