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Older Oldest Eski I Adjective Age Time Long

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Kind adjective
Front old 
IPA  /əʊld   / adjective (older; oldest)
Back yaşında
eski
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old (adjective)

 /əʊld   / adjective (older; oldest)
 
AGE
1 [used with a period of time or with how]
of a particular age
yaşında
 That building is 500 years old.
 The book is aimed at eight- to ten-year-olds.
 How old are you?
 Are you older or younger (daha mı büyüksün daha mı küçüksün) than your sister?
 note at AGE1
Older ve oldest, old sıfatının dereceleridir:
 My father's older than my mother.
 I'm the oldest in the class.
 That's the oldest story in the world!
Elder ve eldest insanların yaşlarını karşılaştırırken kullanılır. Ancak bunlarla than'i kullanamayız. Bu sıfatlar yalnızca isimden önce kullanılır.
NOT YOUNG
2 having lived a long time
yaşlı, ihtiyar
 My mother wasn't very old when she died.
 He's only 50 but he looks older.
 to get/grow old
OPPOSITES YOUNG1
NOT NEW
3 that has existed for a long time; connected with past times
eski
 This house is quite old.
 old ideas/traditions
 In the old days, people generally had larger families than nowadays.
OPPOSITE NEW, MODERN
 4 having been used a lot
çok kullanılmış
 I got rid of all my old clothes.
OPPOSITE NEW
 look at SECOND-HAND
 5 [only before a noun]
former
daha önceki, eski
 I earn more now than I did in my old job.
SYNONYM PREVIOUS
 6 [only before a noun]
known for a long time
eski
 She's a very old friend of mine. We knew each other at school.
NOT IMPORTANT
7 [only before a noun](informal)
used for emphasizing that sth has little importance or value
herhangi;
ne … olursa;
hangi ... olursa
 I write any old rubbish in my diary.
IDIOM
be an old hand (at sth)
to be good at sth because you have done it often before
deneyimli olmak
 She's an old hand at dealing with the press.
 

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