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Definition of 'AGE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) age
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time mentioned:
trees of unknown age.

2.  age
a period of human life, measured by years from birth, when a person is regarded as capable of assuming certain privileges or responsibilities:
the age of consent.

3.  age
the particular period of life at which a person becomes qualified or disqualified for something:
to be over the age for military service.

4.  age
one of the periods or stages of human life:
middle age.

5.  age
advanced years; old age:
His eyes were dim with age.

6.  age
a generation or a series of generations:
ages yet unborn.

7.  age
the period of history in which an individual lives:
the most famous architect of the age.

8.  age
(often cap.) a particular period of history; a historical epoch:
the Periclean Age.

9.  age
Usu., ages. a long period of time:
You've been away for ages.

10.  age
the average life expectancy of an individual or the individuals of a class or species:
The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years.

11.  age
(often cap.)

12.  age
a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature:
the Ice Age.

13.  age
a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed.

14. (v.i.) age
to grow old:
She is aging gracefully.

15.  age
to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood.

16. (v.t.) age
to cause to grow or seem old:
Fear aged him overnight.

17.  age
to bring to maturity; make ready for use:
to age wine.

18.  age
of age,

19.  age
having reached adulthood, esp. as specified by law:
to come of age.

Etymology: (1225–75; ME < AF, OF aage, eage <aé (< L aetātem acc. of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime))

Definition of 'AGE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) age
how long something has existed
"it was replaced because of its age"

2. (noun) historic period, age
an era of history having some distinctive feature
"we live in a litigious age"

3. (noun) age, eld
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
"she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"

4. (noun) long time, age, years
a prolonged period of time
"we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"

5. (verb) old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood
a late time of life
"old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"

6. (verb) age
begin to seem older; get older
"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"

7. (verb) senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

8. (verb) age
make older
"The death of his child aged him tremendously"

Definition of 'AGE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) age
the number of years sb or sth has lived or existed
died at the age of 88; starting school at age 4; children of all ages; determining the age of the dinosaur bones

2.  age
for sb's age
compared to others of the same age
She's tall for her age.

3.  age
age group
the people within a range of ages
children in the 1-4 age group

4.  age
age limit
the age before or after which you cannot do sth
the age limit for drinking alcohol

5.  age
time in life when you can do sth
young people who have reached voting age

6.  age
period of history
the Golden Age of Ancient Greece; in this age of mobile electronics

7. (verb) age
to become or look older
She had aged noticeably since then.; as the population ages

Definition of 'AGE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) AGE
the whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime

2. (noun) AGE
that part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?

3. (noun) AGE
the latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old

4. (noun) AGE
one of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc

5. (noun) AGE
mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age

6. (noun) AGE
the time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion

7. (noun) AGE
a particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles

8. (noun) AGE
a great period in the history of the Earth

9. (noun) AGE
a century; the period of one hundred years

10. (noun) AGE
the people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation

11. (noun) AGE
a long time

12. (verb) AGE
to grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged

13. (verb) AGE
to cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us

Translation of 'AGE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?
Afrikaans: ouderdom	Arabic: عُمْر، سِن	Bulgarian: възраст
Brazilian: idade	Czech: věk, stáří	German: das Alter
Danish: alder; alderstrin; leveal	Greek: ηλικία	Spanish: edad
Estonian: iga	Farsi: سن	Finnish: ikä
French: âge	Hebrew: גִיל	Hindi: वय, उम्र
Croatian: dob	Hungarian: kor	Indonesian: umur
Icelandic: aldur	Italian: età	Japanese: 年齢
Korean: 나이	Lithuanian: amžius	Latvian: vecums; gadi
Malay: umur	Dutch: leeftijd	Norwegian: alder, alderstrinn, levea
Polish: wiek	Persian: سن	Pashto: عمر
Portuguese: idade	Romanian: vârstă	Russian: возраст
Slovak: vek, roky	Slovenian: starost	Serbian: starost
Swedish: ålder	Thai: อายุ	Turkish: yaş
Taiwanese: 年齡	Ukrainian: вік, літа	Urdu: عمر
Vietnamese: tuổi	Chinese: 年龄
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