Oldest - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈəʊldɪst|
Brit.  |ˈəʊldɪst|  British pronunciation of the word oldest
- this word is used as a superlative form of the adjectiveold

adjective

- superlative form of old: most old

Extra examples

The oldest known civilization in the region

This is the oldest church in town.

As a matter of convention, the oldest members speak first.

...the whole town is joying in the fact that its oldest church has been restored to its Victorian splendor...

The book repeats some of history's oldest canards.

...as the highbred descendant of one of the state's oldest families, he bristled at being ordered about by an uncouth upstart...

...the ivy-covered manse is one of the town's oldest and most prominent landmarks...

A bronze plaque marked the city's oldest building.

...a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company...

The examples are drawn from the oldest Norse composition.

They have rummaged the oldest monuments.

One of the world's oldest cars has gone on display in Brighton today.

I didn't expect this treatment from my father's oldest friend.

America's oldest publishing house

The town can lay claim to having the oldest theatre in Britain.

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