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older

adjective

skilled through long experience

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
O
Ends with
R
Contains
LD
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈəʊldə

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. skilled through long experience

    “an old offender”

adjective

  1. advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)

    “aged members of the society”

adjective

  1. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

    “Bill Adams, Sr.”

In context

Example Sentences

an old offender
the older soldiers
aged members of the society
elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
senior citizen
Bill Adams, Sr.

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