He's an old man now.
She was helping an old [=(more politely) elderly] woman cross the street.
I wasn't old enough [=I was too young] to vote in the last election.
Their oldest [=eldest] child is 18 years old.
My sister's three years older than me.
She lived to the ripe old age of 85.
We rented an old black-and-white movie.
She wore a T-shirt and an old pair of jeans.
I wish you would stop wearing that dirty old hat!
The house we live in is 50 years old.
We went back to visit our old neighborhood.
I met one of my old [=former] professors at the library.
I made a lot less money at my old job.
That's their old number. The new number is 555-4397.
Spaghetti is an old favorite in our home.
Do we have to go through that old routine again?
Grandpa tells the same old stories over and over again.
When she brought up the same old argument, I just stopped listening.
informal — used for emphasis after adjectives like big, good, etc.
We had a big old party in her honor.
You poor old thing. You must be exhausted!
Good old Joe. He's always helping people in need.
I don't care where I sleep. Any old couch will do.
She won't drink any old tea; it has to be her favorite kind.
You'll have to park any old way [=any way] you can.
Give me beer over champagne any old day (of the week).
Don't worry, old chap, it'll be all right.
old, ancient, antique, and archaic describe things that existed or were used in the past.
old is the most common and general of these words and can refer to either the recent past or to the distant past.
This is one of my old sweaters.
The neighborhood has many old houses that were built more than 200 years ago.
ancient refers to things that happened or existed in the very distant past and that may or may not exist today.
antique refers to things, such as toys, machines, and pieces of furniture, that have been kept from the past and that are often valuable.
archaic refers to things, such as words or ways of behaving, that belong to a much earlier time and that are no longer used.
The play used archaic language to convey a sense of the past.
Their 11-month-old has just learned how to walk.
Young and old alike will enjoy the movie.
The old [=(more commonly) the elderly] and the sick were helped first.
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