Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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old | Yes | Yes | No | No |
age | Yes | No | Yes | No |
old (noun) | age (noun) |
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past times | how long something has existed |
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | |
a late time of life | |
an era of history having some distinctive feature | |
a prolonged period of time |
old (adjective) | age (adjective) |
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of long duration; not new | |
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age | |
skilled through long experience | |
(used for emphasis) very familiar | |
excellent | |
just preceding something else in time or order | |
belonging to some prior time |
old (verb) | age (verb) |
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grow old or older | |
begin to seem older; get older | |
make older |