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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
older
1. advanced in years;
('aged' is pronounced as two syllables) (Freq. 11)
- aged members of the society
- elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
- senior citizen
• Syn:
aged, elderly, senior
• Similar to:
old
• Derivationally related forms:
seniority (for: senior), aged (for: aged), agedness (for: aged)
2. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (Freq. 3)
- Bill Adams, Sr.
• Syn:
elder, sr.
• Similar to:
senior
• Derivationally related forms:
elder (for: elder)
3. skilled through long experience (Freq. 1)
- an old offender
- the older soldiers
• Syn:
old
• Similar to:
experienced, experient
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