Definizione monolingua

old

old

1. to solve
2. to untie

old (countable and uncountable; plural old) (usually used as plural)

1. People who are old; old beings.
2. The older generation.

old (comparative older or elder, superlative oldest or eldest)

1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

   an old abandoned building

   an old friend

2. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

   a wrinkled old man

3. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life

   An old loaf of bread.

4. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).

   I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

5. Having existed or lived for the specified time.

   How old are they? She’s five years old and he’s seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old.

   My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.

6. Former, previous.

   My new car is not as good as my old one.

   a school reunion for Old Etonians

   • 1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing

     But over my old life, a new life had formed.

7. That is no longer in existence

   The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.

8. Obsolete; out-of-date.

   That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.

9. Familiar.

   When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.

10. Tiresome.

    Your constant pestering is getting old.

11. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
12. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive.

    Were having a good old time.

Definizione dizionario old

	vecchio
	of an object, concept, etc: having existed for a relatively long period of time
	of a living being: having lived for relatively many years
	Having lived or existed for a relatively long period of time.

antico

anziano

	avere
	having existed or lived for the specified time

anteriore

antiquato

anziana

attempato

consunto

decrepito

grosso

invecchiato

logoro

passato

precedente

previo

primo

translated by avere followed by the length of time

usato

vecchi

vecchia

vecchie

vecchissimo

vécchjiu

Altri significati:

A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive.

Tiresome

An object or concept existing for a relatively long period of time.

Familiar.

Former, previous.

Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

The older generation.

That is no longer in existence

(vegetables) tough

former

(For a person or an animal) Having lived for a relatively long period of time.

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

Tiresome.

Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life

Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

old (story)

old (not person)

Obsolete; out-of-date.

People who are old; old beings.

A person that has been living for a relatively long period of time.

(For an object or a concept) Having existed for a relatively long period of time.