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Elderly

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Noun

1. aged, elderly

people who are old collectively

Example Sentences:
'special arrangements were available for the aged'

Adjective

2. aged, elderly, older, senior

advanced in years; (aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

Example Sentences:
'aged members of the society'
'elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper'
'senior citizen'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Elderly

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adjective (of people)
a. 
quite old; past middle age
b. 
(as collective noun; preceded by the)
the elderly
▶ Related adjective: geriatric

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Elderly

see synonyms of elderly
adjective
1. 
somewhat old; past middle age; approaching old age
2. 
quite old; already in old age; aged
3. 
not current; outmoded

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Elderly

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adj.
1. Being past middle age and approaching old age; rather old.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of older persons or life in later years.
n.
1. pl. eld·er·lies An elderly person.
2. pl. elderly (used with a pl. verb) Older people considered as a group. Often used with the: special recreational programs for the elderly.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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