older
/ˈoʊldər/
noun
- People who are older, especially in a family or group (used with 'the').
- In many cultures, the older are respected for their wisdom.
- The older in the group often take on leadership roles.
- The program pairs younger students with the older to help with homework.
adjective
- Having lived for a longer time; more advanced in age than someone or something else.
- The older dog taught the puppy how to fetch.
- She is older than her husband by five years.
- My older brother is three years ahead of me in school.
- Having existed for a longer time; not new or recent.
- The older trees in the forest are over a hundred years old.
- We live in the older part of town, where the houses were built in the 1920s.
- This is an older model of the phone, so it doesn't have the latest features.
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