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: Doctors recommend that young children and the elderly get vaccinated.
A range of inoculations may be needed to protect different groups like the elderly, he said.
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They are needed for nursing facilities for the elderly, and to take care of that growing elderly population.
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This includes looking after children and the elderly at home.
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We found that blood components from exercised mice, both adult and aged, can transfer memory and brain regeneration benefits to elderly “couch potato” mice.
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For instance, elderly people may need a vaccine that prods the immune system harder to make antibodies, and children may need different vaccines than adults do.
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“Officers had to go stop an elderly lady from being assaulted,” Sgt. Houston said.
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There were little blond girls in knit hats next to elderly African American women hobbling on canes.
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Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
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Some were elderly with underlying conditions like hypertension and diabetes.
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On a recent afternoon, the head of the Social Inquiry Foundation, Maria Gaidar, received two elderly ladies in her Moscow office.
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He was an elderly man, with hard features and piercing eyes, who received me almost brutally, as if I had been a criminal.
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M. Talleyrand was enjoying his rubber, when the conversation turned on the recent union of an elderly lady of respectable rank.
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Then the face of an elderly male servant peered cautiously out through a six-inch opening.
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Ask some elderly man about the early triumphs of the Swedish Nightingale, and notice how he kindles.
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He was an elderly man, who seemed to take more interest in me than anybody else.
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British Dictionary definitions for elderly
elderly
/ (ˈɛldəlɪ) /
adjective(of people)
quite old; past middle age
(as collective noun; preceded by the)the elderly Related adjective: geriatric
Derived forms of elderly
elderliness, noun
usage for elderly
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