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old in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. belonging to some prior time
    "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
    erstwhile  former  old  onetime  one-time  quondam  sometime 
  2. (used informally especially for emphasis)
    "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"
    honest-to-god  honest-to-goodness  old  sure-enough 
  3. of long duration; not new
    "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
    old 
  4. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
    "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
    old 
  5. skilled through long experience
    "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
    old  older 
  6. (used for emphasis) very familiar
    "good old boy"; "same old story"
    old 
  7. just preceding something else in time or order
    "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
    previous  old 
noun
  1. past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
    old 
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