Definitions for oldest
oldest
old·est
Spelling: [ohl-dist]
IPA: /ˈoʊl dɪst/
Oldest is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 140 anagrams from letters in oldest (delost).
Definitions for oldest
noun
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(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
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a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination):
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old or former time, often time long past:
adjective
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a superlative of old.
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far advanced in the years of one's or its life:
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of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing:
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as if or appearing to be far advanced in years:
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having lived or existed for a specified time:
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having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things:
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having been aged for a specified time:
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having been aged for a comparatively long time:
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long known or in use:
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overfamiliar to the point of tedium:
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belonging to the past:
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having been in existence since the distant past:
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no longer in general use:
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acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent:
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of, relating to, or originating at an earlier period or date:
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prehistoric; ancient:
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(initial capital letter) (of a language) in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records:
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experienced:
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of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time:
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(of colors) dull, faded, or subdued:
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deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated:
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Physical Geography. (of landforms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like.
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sedate, sensible, mature, or wise:
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(used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization):
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Informal. (used as an intensive) great; uncommon:
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former; having been so formerly:
Origin of oldest
before 900; Middle English; Old English eald, ald; cognate with Dutch old, German alt, Gothic altheis; akin to Old Norse ala to nourish
Examples for oldest
When, however, suitable time had elapsed, the oldest of the party spoke.
Average age ranges from 45 to 65, with her youngest client at 18 and the oldest in her 80s.
Harvard calls itself “the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.”
Occasionally Lew Wasserman, the chairman of MCA and one of Hitchcock's oldest friends, rings up just to see how he is.
What started as a confectionary is now the oldest know restaurant in Japan.
The last descendant of one of the oldest families of France!
When my oldest child was a toddler, I treated illuminated screens like plutonium.
Out in the path, under the oldest tree of all, she dropped his hand and faced him.
He was the son of Pan, and the oldest of the satyrs, who were supposed to be half goat.
"It was good Medicine, too," spoke up the oldest of the dancing women.