young/old

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1 how old?
2 young
3 old
new and old things NEW/OLD
the stages of a person's life (childhood, adulthood, etc) LIFE

1 how old?
- the length of time that sb has lived: age (noun C/U)
He died at the age of 88. ◎ I shouldn't be doing things like this at my age. ◎ suitable for people of all ages
- of a particular age: old, aged ※€¦
I'm 27 years old. ◎ How old do you think she is? ◎ He's got a three-year-old son. ◎ This keep-fit class is intended for anyone aged fifty or over.
- to ask sb their age, you say How old are you?
- if you are aged between 20 and 29, you are in your twenties; between 30 and 39: in your thirties, etc
She's in her early forties (= between forty and forty-four).
- if you do not know sb's exact age, you can say that they are thirty-odd, thirty-something, etc
'How old is he?' 'I don't know, seventy-odd I should guess.'
- younger than a particular age: under sth
a toy for children under five
- people younger than a particular age: under-16s, etc
games for under-fives
- older than a particular age: over sth
She must be over sixty.
- people older than a particular age: over-50s, etc
a club for the over-60s
※ older and younger members of a family FAMILY
- people of a particular age: age group
These holidays are very popular with the 20-30 age group.
- all the people in a group or country who were born at about the same time: generation
People of my grandparents' generation have very different views on life from people my age. ◎ the older/younger generation

2 young
- not having lived for a long time: young
when I was young ◎ young people ◎ young plants/animals
- the state of being young: youth (noun U)
Her youth gives her an advantage over the other runners.
- young people when you are thinking about them as a group: young people, the young, the youth of sth
The young are often blamed for the social problems of today. ◎ the youth of China/today
- young animals: young (noun plural)
We watched the lioness with her young.
- the period of time in your life when you are young, especially the time between being a child and an adult: youth (noun U)
She was very badly behaved in her youth.
※ children CHILD

3 old
- having lived a long time; not young: old, (more formal and polite) elderly
old men and women ◎ an elderly person
- the state of being old: old age (noun U)
extreme old age
- to become old: get* old, (informal) be getting on (a bit)
She's getting on a bit now - she's over eighty.
- to become old or look old: age; adjective: ageing
In the last few months he has aged a great deal. ◎ the problems of an ageing population
- old people when you are thinking about them as a group: old people, the old
Even the old and the sick were caught up in the fighting.
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- to seem or look as old as you really are: look your age
The last few years have been very difficult for him - you can see he's beginning to look his age.
- a small line on the skin of the face which you get as you grow older: wrinkle; adjective: wrinkled
to have wrinkles ◎ old and wrinkled
- old, but still fit and healthy: going strong
He's 90 and still going strong.
- confused, unable to remember things or to look after yourself properly because of old age: senile; noun (U): senility
She's gone a bit senile.
- the oldest or youngest age at which you can be allowed to do sth: age limit
There is no age limit for entry to the course.
- not old enough by law to do sth: under age