Used in a Sentence

olde

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for olde.

Editorial note

I mean we all know where contesting someone's public opinion of him got Mr Wylde in ye olde England.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

Alternative form of Old. [A surname.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of olde gathered in one view.

noun

Alternative form of Old. [A surname.]

adjective

Archaic spelling of old. [Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for olde.

noun

Alternative form of Old. [A surname.]

adjective

Archaic spelling of old. [Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.]

Example sentences

1

I mean we all know where contesting someone's public opinion of him got Mr Wylde in ye olde England.

2

Ye olde 101 key keyboard is about the fastest thing there is right now, balancing keyboard size and key-to-semantic entropy.

3

If you absolutely must talk to Ye Olde Windows XP, 3DES is your last choice, but it's a crappy choice.

4

How much advertising did one sit through to watch ye olde quality shows of yore?

5

Feed-forward networks do have state, but all the useful parts all obtained through explicit training (ye olde backprop, ye older hebbian).

6

They stand out, and they present the vital information in a much more digestible format than ye olde paper resume does.

7

In the ye olde days they erherm..'sponsored' vacations for doctors to for example, Hawaii.

8

When I started to learn English any non-normal form like 'ye olde' or 'lotsa' threw me into stupor.

9

Developing on mobile Safari/ui+wkwebview feels very much like developing on the IE of olde.

10

Mike from CertSimple, replying from ye-olde-openid account: Wildcards don't exist for EV (non-EV certs allow you to register *.whatever.com, then make github.com.whatever.com).

11

On the other hand, if I had joined then, ye olde bank balance would have been much fatter.

12

It's worth noting that not all ye olde home remedies are unduly ignored.

Quote examples

1

And ye olde "what's your greatest strength/weakness" question sounds like a terrible way to judge an engineer.

2

It's Ye Olde "MIT vs New Jersey" again, and Unix is relentlessly straight out of NJ.

3

I keep wondering just how far off "olde fashioned" microwave cuisine is.

4

That ye olde "do not murder", "do not steal", "do not perjury" stuff.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use olde in a sentence?

I mean we all know where contesting someone's public opinion of him got Mr Wylde in ye olde England.

What does olde mean?

Alternative form of Old. [A surname.]

What part of speech is olde?

olde is commonly used as noun, adjective.