释义
[ ohl -der ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈoʊl dər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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ANTONYMS FOR older newer, younger.
SEE ANTONYMS FOR older ON THESAURUS.COM
synonym study for older Older, elder imply having greater age than something or someone else. Older is the usual form of the comparative of old: This building is older than that one. Elder, now greatly restricted in application, is used chiefly to indicate seniority in age as between any two people but especially priority of birth as between children born of the same parents: The elder brother became king.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH older elder, older (see synonym study at the current entry) Words nearby older Oldenbarneveldt, Oldenburg, Old English, Old English pattern, Old English sheepdog, older , old-established, olde-worlde, old face, Old Faithful, oldfangled
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Example sentences from the Web for older Do you think that as we get older our thoughts shift to the more abstract, the music, than the definite, the lyrics?
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore | James Joiner| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
But as you get older , I find I get more tunes and I have to work harder at the words.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore | James Joiner| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
The older boy climbed in first, followed by the younger son and then their mother.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos | Michael Daly| December 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Ramos was 38—nearly two decades older than the average recruit.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops | Michael Daly| December 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Julio Cardenas, 25 and an MC from the group RCA, was older but with a youthful smile that hid the harsher sides of Cuban life.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar | Daniel Levin| December 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He had a standing order with off-planet agents for archaic chess books, the older the better.
Planet of the Damned | Harry Harrison
If the older form were Gaelic, the substitution, or translation, would have been superfluous.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon Latham
Miss Dalrymple then took one of the older servants into confidence, and asked her if the house was haunted.
Ghostly Phenomena | Elliot O'Donnell.
He is nearly two years older than Frank, and about as opposite to him in personal appearance as can well be imagined.
Frank's Campaign | Horatio Alger, Jr.
The older children were already of the greatest assistance to their parents, and there was no room for her in the crowded shack.
The Peace of Roaring River | George van Schaick
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British Dictionary definitions for older adjective the comparative of old
having lived or existed longer; of greater age Also (of people, esp members of the same family): elder
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to older earlier, elder, first, former, lower, preceding, prior, senior, eldest, first-born