Used in a Sentence

olds

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

Editorial note

The 12 year olds take care of the 8 year olds, the 8 year olds of the 6 year olds, and so on.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname.

noun

A town in Alberta, Canada.

noun

A city in Iowa.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for olds.

noun

A surname.

noun

A town in Alberta, Canada.

noun

A city in Iowa.

noun

(informal) Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.

Example sentences

1

The 12 year olds take care of the 8 year olds, the 8 year olds of the 6 year olds, and so on.

2

If the band is 20-25, they charge everyone based on age 20, otherwise they would be subsidizing high risk drivers instead of generating more profit on 21-24 year olds.

3

Kids were throwing together all kinds of great stuff with some pre-10yr olds making quasi-corporations.

4

By stereotype, you'd expect 60-year-old men writing elevator controllers in Indiana to be far more sexist and exclusionary than 25-year-olds in California.

5

Seemingly-healthy 28 year olds don't typically die at all, much less in non-obvious ways.

6

In 2011, the police shot two 15-year-olds, and a girl who was 16.

7

Even the 6 year olds have no issues with the WeDo interface and could handle a bit more—but the Scratch interface is out of reach to all but the most advanced 6-7 year olds (top 1-2% in reading/visual-spatial).

8

There were lots of great things about it, but being down by or in a lake with a group of 7-10 8-14 year olds was terrifying.

9

Great, now where will we find 24 year olds to run Silicon Valley startups?

10

I fucking want yell at a parent who is out to dinner with 2,3,4 year olds at the table playing with an iPad.

11

They're complaining about 22-year-olds who get funded to the gills because they were in the same rape frat as a leading VC, and who go on to create horrible work cultures.

12

But, it's so much easier to put 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 year olds in front of devices, because it's easy parenting.

Quote examples

1

"Don't leave six year olds in charge of four year olds" is going overboard?

2

Back in my day, "young people" meant 8-18 year olds.

3

Then there's "oh man, we don't encrypt our passwords AT ALL", which really belongs in the realm of mistakes made by 15 year-olds.

4

This is why I didn't say "I can't explain it to two-year-olds".

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use olds in a sentence?

The 12 year olds take care of the 8 year olds, the 8 year olds of the 6 year olds, and so on.

What does olds mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is olds?

olds is commonly used as noun.