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ol'

/oʊl/

ol' is the contraction of old.

Meaning of old

Adjective

old (comparative older or elder, superlative oldest or eldest or (US, dialectal) oldermost)

  1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
    • an old abandoned building
    1. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
      • a wrinkled old man
    2. Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
      • an old loaf of bread
    3. Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
      • the ginkgo is one of the oldest living trees
  2. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
    • I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
  3. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
    • How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
    Synonyms:
    aged, of age

See all 23 meanings of old

Words formed from ol'

Phrases with ol'

Questions about ol'

What is ol' the contraction of?
Ol' is the contraction of old.
How do you pronounce ol'?
Ol' is pronounced /oʊl/.

Words near ol' in the dictionary

  1. okwukwus
  2. ol
  3. Ol Cemet'
  4. Ol Chiki
  5. Ol Onal
  6. ol'
  7. Ol.
  8. ola
  9. Ola hu Uber
  10. olacaceous
  11. olachen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ol' (page history and authors); old (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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