advanced old age
1old age — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ advanced, extreme ▪ happy ▪ She can look forward to a happy old age. ▪ lonely (esp. BrE) ▪ fears about a lonely o …
2Advanced maternal age — See also: Paternal age effect Advanced maternal age is defined as an increase in the age at which women give birth to their first child, is now a widespread, and indeed near universal, phenomenon across the OECD countries. In Western, Northern,… …
3Old age — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …
4Old age — Old people redirects here. For the Khmer Rouge term, see New People. For the song by Nirvana, see With the Lights Out. Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes (1656). Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels Old age (also referred to as …
5old age — n. the advanced years of life, esp. human life, when strength and vigor decline: cf. MIDDLE AGE …
6old age — I was not prepared to deal with my father s old age Syn: declining years, advanced years, age, agedness, oldness, winter/autumn of one s life, senescence, senility, dotage Ant: youth, childhood …
7old age — Advanced age; senility. Not mental incompetency in itself. Lindsey v Lindsey, 50 Ill 79; Westerbeck v Cannon, 5 Wash 2d 106, 104 P2d 918 …
8Old — Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. {Adult} …
9Old bachelor — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …
10Old Catholics — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …
