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Meanings of
old meaning
in inglés
ruso
устар.
español
significado antiguo
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Indicates that the sense of lexeme is dated and falling out of use.
old
dated
Related terms
register
language usage
español
significado antiguo
Usage of
old meaning
in inglés
1
The Irish Times seems to be sticking largely to the
old
meaning
.
2
But as time went on these pilgrimages lost their
old
meaning
.
3
The order was, from the first, ultramontane, in the
old
meaning
of the term.
4
It is a new order with an
old
meaning
:
imperialism.
5
Sometimes words keep both the
old
meaning
and the new.
6
Now, 'to quail' in Cornwall still carries its
old
meaning
,
'to shrink,' 'to wither.'
7
When the new-style months eventually came, they never quite shook off the
old
meaning
either.
8
Ah well, the Princess was really an aristocrat in the
old
meaning
of the word.
9
For what is the
old
meaning
,
the true meaning of a hero or a heroine?
10
Has he revealed a new-orbetter-theeternal
old
meaning
?
11
But the
old
meaning
of "write" is to incise, or to cut, or engrave.
12
The fathers of two-score families were shopkeepers and tradesmen--that is, tradesmen in the
old
meaning
of the word.
13
But now the
old
meaning
,
or some of it, is back, in a form with which liberals cannot live.
14
The
old
meaning
may have disappeared, a new one come in-nomatter, we try to believe there has been no change.
15
Note the fine
old
meaning
of "discided," cut in two; it is a great pity we have lost this powerful expression.
16
Milton had the
old
meaning
of the word in mind when he wrote: "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell."
Other examples for "old meaning"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
old
meaning
old
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
old meaning
ruso
устар.
устаревшее
español
significado antiguo
sentido antiguo
Old meaning
through the time
Old meaning
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common