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[ US /ˈɛɫdɝɫi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛldəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  1. 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.
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