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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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A single word to describe someone who is both old and wise
The closest word I can think of is "sage", which seems to connote someone who is both old and wise.
In certain contexts, it might also be possible to use "patriarch" or "elder", which both imply wisd …
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How to say "generating errors" in one word?
The files aren't producing errors--the program is. A few word suggestions: "mishandled files," "test cases," "bug reproducers," or "minimal examples" (if the files are edited down).
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Analogue of "most recent" for events in the future
The phrase "most imminent" might work. The word "imminent" is defined as "likely to occur at any moment, impending" at dictionary.com.
Another possibility is "least distant."
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What is the inverse of "guardian"?
A traditional word for this would be "ward" (for example, in Dicken's Bleak House).
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