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# older

«older» in Mova's school dictionary: **having lived more years than someone else** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (comparative of old)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Older means having lived more years than someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#m1)

2) Older means made or used longer ago than something else: «an older house». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#m2)

### 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

- Anna is 3 years older than Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x1)
- Sam is 10 and Max is 2 years older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x2)
- How much older is Mia than Zoe? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x3)
- My older sister goes to high school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x4)
- Trees get taller as they get older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x5)
- This phone is older than mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x6)
- Grandma is 40 years older than me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x7)
- The older children help the little ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x8)
- And they grew older and wiser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/#x9)

### 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

- [Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/5/)
- [An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/18/)
- [Labour can take many hours, so a grandparent or friend often comes to look after the older children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/15/)
- [Feeling jealous of a new baby is very common, and parents still love the older child just as much.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/9/)
- [The flu jab is free for the over-sixty-fives because flu is much more dangerous for older people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «older» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/older/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.