American English pronunciation
How to pronounce oldest
IPA transcription: ['oʊldəst]
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Adjective
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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
“his mother is very old”
“a ripe old age”
“how old are you?”
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of long duration; not new
“old tradition”
“old house”
“old wine”
“old country”
“old friendships”
“old money”
Adjective
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belonging to some prior time
“erstwhile friend”
“our former glory”
“the once capital of the state”
“her quondam lover”
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(used for emphasis) very familiar
“good old boy”
“same old story”
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skilled through long experience
“an old offender”
“the older soldiers”
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(used informally especially for emphasis)
“a real honest-to-god live cowboy”
“had us a high old time”
“went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel”
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of a very early stage in development
“Old English is also called Anglo Saxon”
“Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century”
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just preceding something else in time or order
“the previous owner”
“my old house was larger”
Usage examples
- Luther Preparatory School is the oldest Lutheran high school in the United States.
- While an undergraduate, Gerber restarted "The Yale Record", America's oldest humor magazine.
- He was a member of one of France's oldest noble houses.
- The nave of the church is one of the oldest parts of the ruin.
- This is one of the oldest churches in Goa and in India.
- The oldest timber may have been stockpiled before construction.
- The church is "the oldest religious building maintained in its original aspect in Bucharest".
- The calabash gourd is possibly mankind's oldest instrument resonator.
- The park includes the Cape Florida Light, the oldest standing structure in Greater Miami.
- Nicollet Mall occupies the oldest section of the avenue.