ELDERLY Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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elderly

[ el-der-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of advanced age; old:
discounts for elderly patrons.
of or relating to persons in later life.

noun

(used with a plural verb)

Usually the elderly. elderly people collectively; senior citizens.

elderly

/ 藞蓻濒诲蓹濒瑟 /

adjective

1. quite old; past middle age
2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the ) geriatric
  the elderly

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Usage

Referring to any group using the formula the elderly , the disabled is nowadays felt to be inappropriate because it glosses over people's individuality and perpetuates stereotypes. It is preferable to use phrases such as disabled people and so forth. Many people also prefer to talk about older rather than elderly people for similar reasons

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Derived Forms

藞别濒诲别谤濒颈苍别蝉蝉, noun

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

别濒诲路别谤路濒颈路苍别蝉蝉 noun
苍辞苍路别濒诲路别谤路濒测 noun
耻苍路别濒诲路别谤路濒测 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of elderly¹

First recorded in 1605鈥�15; elder ¹ + -ly

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Example Sentences

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Hecklers have expressed fear that the cuts will adversely affect popular government programmes like Social Security retirement plans, veterans benefits, and health insurance coverage for the poor and elderly.

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"They will only care about their own organisation. They will not care about the rest of this country, their own generation, the youth, the children, the elderly, anything."

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"These are a group of elderly down-and-out thieves, they're always broke, they're forever involved in convoluted plans鈥� and they're facing a huge celebrity and they don't even know who she is."

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While nobody was injured in that incident, a bullet crashed into the home of an elderly couple.

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On 13 April, he said, Hamas gunmen tried to force their way into the house of an elderly man, Jamal al-Maznan.

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