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Meaning of the word older in English

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older

Adjective

1.

having lived for a long time; no longer young.

Example:
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the old man lay propped up on cushions
Synonym:
elderly mature aged older senior long in the tooth gray grizzled hoary ancient decrepit doddering doddery not long for this world ripe senile superannuated venerable septuagenarian octogenarian nonagenarian centenarian over the hill
Antonym:
young
2.

belonging only or chiefly to the past; former or previous.

Example:
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valuation under the old rating system was inexact
Synonym:
bygone past former olden of old remote previous early earlier earliest medieval ancient classical primeval primordial prehistoric antediluvian forgotten immemorial
Antonym:
modern recent
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