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(adj)
Old.
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elderly
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Relating to the elderly.
Of, or relating to old age.
(n)
The process of becoming older or more mature.
A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
Alternative form of firstborn. [Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.]
Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
Of or relating to a parent.
(hyperbolic) A long time.
The act of someone or something that visits.
Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.
Protected, as from wind or weather.
UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging.
Previous.
(v)
(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
Referring to nurses.
Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.
Made from silver.
(card games) (of a player) Receiving cards from the dealer first, before any other players.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
made greater in size or amount or degree
large or big relative to something else
(N)
a greatest hits album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released in 1998.
A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
(now chiefly US) An old person.
Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings
Retired or discarded due to age.
Having grey hair.
Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
White or grey with age.
Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
Having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time.
Of or relating to autumn.
Weak or ill, not in good health.
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.
(chiefly UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
(India) A disabled person.
One who is younger than another.
Alternative spelling of middle-aged. [(not comparable) Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.]
A surname.
Having a disability.
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
(dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
Not elderly.
(nonstandard, possibly offensive) A person who is homeless.
Doddering, trembly, shaky.
A person with arthritis.
A person in need, or in poverty.
Somewhat young.
Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
Someone who has retired from active working.
Synonym of ninetysomething: a person between 90 and 99 years old.
(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
Confined to one's home, unable to leave it for some reason.
(Canada, US, Philippines) A carer; a person who looks after another person.
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
(pathology) Of, or affected by arthritis.
a 2016 French drama directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir.
A young person.
Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.
"Teenagers" is the fourth and final single and the eleventh track from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade.
(informal, sometimes disrespectful) Someone who is old.
Reduced to poverty.
mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile
(informal) Grandmother.
(US, Canada, slang, derogatory) Granny panties.
Not demented
a daytime soap opera, broadcast on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993.
Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.
A mother of someone's parent.
(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.