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OLDER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skilled through long experience
Example:
the older soldiers
Synonyms:
old; older
Classified under:
Similar:
experienced; experient (having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
Example:
senior citizen
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Example:
Bill Adams, Sr.
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
senior (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service)
Context examples:
Cataracts are very common in older people.
(Cataract, NIH: National Eye Institute)
Spontaneous tumors of anterior pituitary 30%, and of adrenal cortex 25% in older animals.
(BUF, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
Older women need plenty of calcium to prevent osteoporosis.
(Calcium, NIH: National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements)
Older people or their families usually pay for it.
(Assisted Living, Administration on Aging)
And I am three years older, was the thought in her mind as she kissed her brothers goodnight.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Remarkably, the older brain cells were rejuvenated, and began to behave like the younger, more vigorous cells.
(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)
‘Have you the slate, Harold?’ cried the older man, as this strange being fell rather than sat down into a chair.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That’s why, overall, fetuses do not grow sufficiently during pregnancy when the mother is older compared to when she is young, said Dr Napso.
(Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely to develop heart problems in later life, University of Cambridge)
He was older than the days he had seen and the breaths he had drawn.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
A soft tissue tumor that is most common in older children and teenagers.
(Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Dictionary)
