older
part of speech
adjective (comparative of old)
meaning for a pupil
1) Older means having lived more years than someone else. tree →
2) Older means made or used longer ago than something else: «an older house». tree →
sense in the lessons
more years than another person: «A is D years older than B»: A = B + D; «How much older» asks for the difference; phrases: «older than», «older brother», «older sister», «get older»
examples
- '"The invention of Signs to represent numbers is doubtless much older than any form ol writing" (Chambers Encyclopaedia, 1893, Vol. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- end, leads to the conclusion that the arrancjement of the Arabic alphabet is older than that of the Hebrew, although tlie con- trary is generally believed to be the case. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- In my opinion, the sexagesimal position originated from the decimal position, and not the reverse ; for the earliest abacus, which was doubtless based on a decimal position, is older than the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were older than he. (Writings JOB.32.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father. (Writings JOB.15.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Anna is 3 years older than Tom. tree →
- Sam is 10 and Max is 2 years older. tree →
- How much older is Mia than Zoe? tree →
- My older sister goes to high school. tree →
- Trees get taller as they get older. tree →
- This phone is older than mine. tree →
- Grandma is 40 years older than me. tree →
- The older children help the little ones. tree →
- And they grew older and wiser. tree →
note
«A is D years older than B»: A = B + D. «How much older» asks for the difference: subtract. Trap: if A's age is given, B = A − D. «elder» is used for family: my elder brother.
In the corpora
- With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
- Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were older than he.
- Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.
- An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.
- Labour can take many hours, so a grandparent or friend often comes to look after the older children.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «older» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.