OLD — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
old
Past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old').
Just preceding something else in time or order.
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- The previous owner.
- My old house was larger.
Old in experience.
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- An old offender.
- The older soldiers.
Of long duration; not new.
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- Old tradition.
- Old house.
- Old wine.
- Old country.
- Old friendships.
- Old money.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in 'a week-old baby'.
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- An old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeat.
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.
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- Moth-eaten theories about race.
Of an earlier time.
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- His old classmates.
WordNet
Old
Of a very early stage in development.
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- 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.
WordNet
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