[
US
/ˈɛɫdɝɫi/
]
[ UK /ˈɛldəli/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛldəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
aged members of the society
senior citizen
NOUN
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people who are old collectively
special arrangements were available for the aged
How To Use elderly In A Sentence
- Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
- The caller urges the often elderly victims to transfer their money to a'safe' account set up in their name. Times, Sunday Times
- She also finds homes for elderly brood dogs from farms in Florida.
- Mr Smith hopes that his campaign will attract the support of all organisations for the elderly or those on low incomes.
- We salute the flag, honer our military and are for taking care of our elderly, military and avoiding socialism. Obama invites senators from both parties to discuss vacancy
- A man who preyed on the elderly by burgling residential care homes in his own village faces a jail term.
- The last prisoner in the coffle was the tailor, a gray-haired, elderly man with a wrinkled face. The Magic of Krynn
- The adult members of society are under curfew and the elderly under house arrest: feral youth has taken over.
- It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.
- The evening takes the form of a memory play told by the elderly Kat, now a shoeshine boy working the streets, who looks back at his younger self.