how to pronounce older

/ˈoʊldɚ/

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older is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of older in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but as I got older and I started to see …”

meanings of older

adjective:

Comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior.
Elderly.

older frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word older occurs in english on average 89.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics older can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that older can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;