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non-elderly

eld·er·ly
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [el-der-lee]
    • /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈel-dər-lē/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [el-der-lee]
    • /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈel-dər-lē/

Definitions of non-elderly word

  • adjective non-elderly of advanced age; old: discounts for elderly patrons. 1
  • adjective non-elderly of or relating to persons in later life. 1
  • noun non-elderly (used with a plural verb) elderly people collectively; senior citizens (usually preceded by the): Doctors recommend that young children and the elderly get vaccinated. 1

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Origin of non-elderly

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; elder1 + -ly

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Non-elderly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

non-elderly popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for non-elderly

noun non-elderly

  • adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
  • age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
  • antiquity — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
  • archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style

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