The difference between Ex- and Old
Ex- is also prefix with the meaning: out of.
Old is also noun with the meaning: people who are old.
Old is also adjective with the meaning: of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
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Old as an adjective:
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
Examples:
"an old abandoned building;  an old friend"
"a wrinkled old man"
"an old loaf of bread"
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Old as an adjective:
Of an item that has been used and so is not new .
Examples:
"I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with."
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Old as an adjective:
Having existed or lived for the specified time.
Examples:
"How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child."
"My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old."
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Old as an adjective:
Of an earlier time. Former, previous. That is no longer in existence. Obsolete; out-of-date. Familiar.
Examples:
"My new car is not as good as my old one.  nowrap a school reunion for Old Etonians"
"The footpath follows the route of an old railway line."
"That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way."
"When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho."
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Old as an adjective:
Tiresome.
Examples:
"Your constant pestering is getting old."
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Old as an adjective:
Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
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Old as an adjective:
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
Examples:
"We're having a good old time. nowrap My next car will be a big old SUV.  nowrap My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas."
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Old as an adjective (obsolete):
Excessive, abundant.
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Old as a noun (with "the"):
People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
Examples:
"A civilised society should always look after the old in the community."
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
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