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elder: I. adjective and adverb II. noun
elder: noun
old: I. adjective and adverb II. noun
old age: noun
old-age: adjective and adverb
Old Bailey: noun
old boy: noun
old economy: noun
old-fashioned: adjective and adverb
old girl: noun
old maid: noun
old man: noun
old-style: adjective and adverb

I . elder¹ [ˈeldəʳ, Am -ɚ] ADJ

elder

my elder sister

moja starsza siostra f

II . elder¹ [ˈeldəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. elder (member of tribe):

village elders

starszyzna f wioski

2. elder (older person):

elder

starszy(-sza) m (f)

listen to the advice of your elders

słuchaj rad starszych

elder² [ˈeldəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

elder → elderberry

See also elderberry

elderberry [ˈeldəˌberi, Am -ɚˌ-] N BOT

I . old [əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

1. old (not young or new):

old

stary

to grow [or get] older

starzeć [perf ze-] się

2. old (indicating age):

to be 20 years old

how old is he?

two-year-old boy

dwuletni chłopiec m

3. old (former):

old

były

old

Old English

[język] staroangielski m

4. old (experienced):

old

to be an old hand at sth

zjeść na czymś zęby

5. old (familiar):

old methods

wypróbowane [lub stare] metody fpl

the same old excuse

wiecznie ta sama wymówka

6. old inf (unimportant):

at any old time

any old place

7. old inf (expressing friendship):

good old Tom!

poczciwy, stary Tom!

Phrases:

to be old beyond one's years

być wyjątkowo rozsądnym jak na swój wiek

[as] old as the hills

stary jak świat

any old how

the same old story

II . old [əʊld, Am oʊld] N

1. old:

the old pl (people)

[ludzie] starsi pl

2. old liter (past):

in days of old

w dawnych czasach

to know sb of old

znać kogoś kawał czasu

old age N no pl

in [one's] old age

old-age ADJ

old-age provision

zabezpieczenie nt emerytalne

Old Bailey N Brit LAW

centralny sąd karny w Londynie

old boy N Brit

1. old boy inf (old man):

2. old boy (former pupil):

old economy N

old economy

stara gospodarka f (energetyka, przemysł metalurgiczny, motoryzacyjny — jako przeciwieństwo gospodarki opartej na nowych technologiach)

old-fashioned ADJ

old-fashioned

old-fashioned clothes

old girl N Brit

1. old girl inf (old woman):

2. old girl (former pupil):

old maid N pej

1. old maid (woman):

2. old maid inf (person):

osoba f staroświecka

old man <-men> N pej

stary m

old-style ADJ

Usage examples with elder

my elder sister

moja starsza siostra f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He lost his parents when he was very young, making his only relative his elder brother. en.wikipedia.org

He was brought up by his elder brothers but ran away from several schools, and he once hit his school captain over the head with a cricket bat. en.wikipedia.org

Leaving Gibraltar was like escaping from an elder brother in charge of an open jail. en.wikipedia.org

His wife's family had a tradition of mental illness, which may have a bearing on the fact that their elder son went insane. en.wikipedia.org

At this time, she also became active in equal rights activism, minority and elder rights. en.wikipedia.org

Children, it used to be cruelly recited, by elder smote stick than carrot, should be seen, but not heard. blogs.crikey.com.au

He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. en.wikipedia.org

The elder may have married but no wife nor issue are known; the younger fell into dissolute ways and never married. en.wikipedia.org

Accompanying her is her sole blood relation her elder brother. en.wikipedia.org

She turned into a beautiful tree by performing a strange ritual with her elder sister. en.wikipedia.org

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