elderly

UK /ˈɛldɚli/ US /ˈɛldɚli/
adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

old; having lived for relatively many years.

2

Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.

The fleet had been ordered speculatively by Beacon Rail, and intended as heavy shunting and trip locomotives, as well as a viable low-emission replacement for the elderly Class 08/09 'BR Standard large shunter' which dates from the 1950s and 1960s.

noun

1

An elderly person.

He lives next door to an elderly.

He lives next door to some elderlies.

2

Older people as a whole.

the elderly

health insurance and retirement income for the elderly

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