older
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈoʊldər/
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mayor
- They're coming to you to save older dogs and cats.
- older worker
He was a much, much older white man.
- He was a much, much older white man.
- So it's kind of like about an older single mom.
- He has kids, right, that are older than our parents.
- OK, so I have an older sister named Haley.
- And, you know, as we get older, Rain, thank you so much.
- So fandom is huge and much older than we are.
- That people get more wrinkly as they get older and not less wrinkly.
- But as you grow into school age and older, it becomes more clear.
- So you're starting to see young people being older and old people being younger.
- And and we're going to be older than we are now.
Examples
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And, you know, as we get older, Rain, thank you so much.
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OK, so I have an older sister named Haley.
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So it's kind of like about an older single mom.
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But as you grow into school age and older, it becomes more clear.
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So those are things that as I get older, I'm working on.
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And now as they've gotten older, they want to do stuff.
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He's a very, he's an older gentleman, very calm.
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YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE OLDER, PRINCESS.
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RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG OLDER LATINOS
Academic text (2008) -
My grandfather is an older man who enjoys sharing stories from his youth.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who is past middle age
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2.5
A person who is older and usually of retirement age
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1.3
People who are old and have lived a long time
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How Old
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Etymology
Older comes from the simple word old and from an old English form eald that meant 'elder' or 'long-lived'. So older means someone or something that has lived more years or has more experience.