Old vs. Modern

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Oldadjective

Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

Oldadjective

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

Oldadjective

Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.

Oldadjective

Of an item that has been used and so is not new unused.

Oldadjective

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

Oldadjective

(heading) Of an earlier time.

Oldadjective

Former, previous.

Oldadjective

That is no longer in existence.

Oldadjective

Obsolete; out-of-date.

Oldadjective

Familiar.

Oldadjective

Tiresome.

Oldadjective

Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

Oldadjective

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.)

Oldadjective

(obsolete) Excessive, abundant.

Oldnoun

(with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

Oldnoun

Open country.

Oldadjective

Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.

Oldadjective

Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.

Oldadjective

Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.

Oldadjective

Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; - designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.

Oldadjective

Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.

Oldadjective

Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.

Oldadjective

Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.

Oldadjective

More than enough; abundant.

Oldadjective

Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; - used disparagingly as a term of reproach.

Oldadjective

Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.

Oldadjective

Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.

Oldnoun

past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

Oldadjective

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby';

Oldadjective

of long duration; not new;

Oldadjective

of an earlier time;

Oldadjective

(used for emphasis) very familiar;

Oldadjective

lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;

Oldadjective

just preceding something else in time or order;

Oldadjective

of a very early stage in development;

Oldadjective

old in experience;

Oldadjective

used informally especially for emphasis;

Oldadjective

having lived for a long time; no longer young

Oldadjective

made or built long ago

Oldadjective

possessed or used for a long time

Oldadjective

boring or tiresome, especially as a result of repetition or overfamiliarity

Oldadjective

having the characteristics or showing the signs of age

Oldadjective

belonging to the past; former

Oldadjective

used to refer to a thing which has been replaced by something similar

Oldadjective

dating from far back; long-established or known

Oldadjective

denoting someone who formerly attended a specified school

Oldadjective

(of a form of a language) as used in former or earliest times.

Oldadjective

of a specified age

Oldadjective

a person or animal of the age specified

Oldadjective

used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt

Modernadjective

Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.

Modernadjective

(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Modernnoun

Someone who lives in modern times.

Modernadjective

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.

Modernadjective

New and common; trite; commonplace.

Modernnoun

A person of modern times; - opposed to ancient.

Modernnoun

a contemporary person

Modernnoun

a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

Modernadjective

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;

Modernadjective

relating to a recently developed fashion or style;

Modernadjective

characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

Modernadjective

ahead of the times;

Modernadjective

used of a living language; being the current stage in its development;

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