ELDERLY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of elderly in English elderlyadjective uk /ˈel.dəl.i/ us /ˈel.dɚ.li/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 polite word for old: elderly relatives/parents Compare aged adjective senior adjective having lived for many years

• oldHe was an old man.
• elderlyA large number of elderly people live alone.
• the elderlyMany among the elderly cannot afford to pay their electricity bills.
• agedHe has to look after his aged aunt.
• ageingUK The ageing chairman was forced to retire.

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• An elderly couple live next door.
• Please give up your seat to an elderly or disabled person if they require it.
• She was too elderly and infirm to remain at home.
• I took my elderly parents to look at some new houses.
• An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.

The elderly

• advanced
• advancing
• age
• aged
• ageism
• geriatrician
• geriatrics
• gerontological
• gerontologist
• gerontology
• golden oldie
• infirmity
• old people's home
• old-timer
• oldie
• pension fund
• pensioner
• the gray dollar
• the grey market
• the grey pound

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Describing people who are old elderlynoun [ plural ] uk /ˈel.dəl.i/ us /ˈel.dɚ.li/  the elderly C1 old people considered as a group: The city is building new housing for the elderly. Compare the aged having lived for many years

• oldHe was an old man.
• elderlyA large number of elderly people live alone.
• the elderlyMany among the elderly cannot afford to pay their electricity bills.
• agedHe has to look after his aged aunt.
• ageingUK The ageing chairman was forced to retire.

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• advanced
• advancing
• age
• aged
• ageism
• geriatrician
• geriatrics
• gerontological
• gerontologist
• gerontology
• golden oldie
• infirmity
• old people's home
• old-timer
• oldie
• pension fund
• pensioner
• the gray dollar
• the grey market
• the grey pound

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elderly | American Dictionary

elderlyadjective us /ˈel·dər·li/ Add to word list Add to word list old: William is nearly 50, and his parents are elderly. elderlynoun [ pl ] us /ˈel·dər·li/ old people considered as a group: The city is building new housing for the elderly. (Definition of elderly from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of elderly

elderly Relationships between the frail elderly's informal and formal helpers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Theories of family labor as applied to gender differences in caregiving for elderly parents. From the Cambridge English Corpus Subjects were selected by neighbourhood canvassing of elderly residents age 60 and over through a quota sampling procedure. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this way, 607 'frail elderly people' remained. From the Cambridge English Corpus A scale was developed, measuring the extent to which frail elderly people themselves express a need for living in such a home. From the Cambridge English Corpus Quality of care: testing some measures in homes for elderly people. From the Cambridge English Corpus The village chief was, after all, one of the elderly males of the community. From the Cambridge English Corpus Is depression in elderly people followed by dementia ? From the Cambridge English Corpus Long-term benzodiazepine use by elderly people living in the community. From the Cambridge English Corpus Increased sensitivity of the elderly to the effects of diazepam. From the Cambridge English Corpus Cognitive performance in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction in the elderly depressed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, generalization of our results to elderly subjects can be problematic. From the Cambridge English Corpus How effective and safe is continuation therapy in elderly depressed patients : factors affecting relapse rate. From the Cambridge English Corpus A controlled study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment of depression in the elderly. From the Cambridge English Corpus How were they supported in a society that placed the uppermost responsibility for caring for the elderly upon their children ? From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of elderly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of elderly?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （帶有敬意）年老的, 上了年紀的, 年紀較大的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （带有敬意）年老的, 上了年纪的, 年纪较大的… See more in Spanish anciano, mayor, de edad… See more in Portuguese idoso, idoso/-sa [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian वयस्कांसाठी विनम्र शब्द… See more 年をとった, 年（とし）をとった… See more (kibar anlamda) yaşlı, geçkin, tecrübeli… See more âgé/-ée, assez âgé, plutôt vieux… See more gran (d’edat)… See more bejaard… See more வயதில் மூத்தவர்களை குறிக்கும் கண்ணியமான வார்த்தை… See more (शिष्ट प्रयोग) बुज़ुर्ग… See more વયોવૃધ્ધ માટે માનવાચક શબ્દ… See more ældre… See more äldre, litet till åren kommen… See more wanita tua… See more älter… See more eldre, de eldre, eldre mennesker… See more بزرگ (بڑی عمر کے لوگوں کے لئے شائستہ لفظ)… See more похилого, поважного віку… See more వృద్ధుడు, వయసులో పెద్ద కోసం మర్యాదపూర్వక పదం… See more বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ… See more postarší… See more agak tua… See more แก่กว่า… See more cao tuổi… See more starszy, starsz(aw)y… See more 노인… See more anziano… See more Need a translator?

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