What does aging mean?

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ag·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ripening, aging, ageingnoun

    acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

  2. aging, ageing, senescenceadjective

    the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

  3. aging, ageing, senescentadjective

    growing old

Wiktionary

  1. agingnoun

    The process of becoming older or more mature.

  2. agingnoun

    Allowing something to become older.

    The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.

  3. agingnoun

    The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.

  4. agingnoun

    Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time

  5. agingnoun

    Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging"

  6. agingadjective

    Becoming elderly.

    The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

ChatGPT

  1. aging

    Aging is the biological process of getting older, characterized by progressive and gradual changes in physical, cellular, and physiological functions leading towards maturity and eventually decline in functioning and increased vulnerability to diseases and death. This natural process involves a range of transformations such as graying hair, wrinkling skin, loss of muscle mass, deterioration of cognitive abilities, and weakening of the immune system. The rate of aging can be influenced by various factors including genetics, lifestyle, and environment.

  2. aging

    Aging is the process of becoming older, a progression that is characterized by biological and physiological changes that occur over time and are consistent with decline and ultimate death. These changes often result in decreased strength and endurance, reduced cognitive abilities, and susceptibility to diseases. Aging can also involve changes in psychological and social functioning. It is a natural, complex, and inevitable stage in the life cycle of all living organisms.

  3. aging

    Aging is the biological process of getting older, involving gradual changes in the body's physical and mental capabilities over time. These changes include physical appearance alterations such as wrinkle formation, greying hair, diminishing strength, increased susceptibility to diseases, as well as cognitive declines or psychological changes. Aging is a natural and inevitable part of life. It can however also refer to the maturing or improvements in objects such as wine or cheese over a certain period of time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aging

    of Age

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Aging

    The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time.

Editors Contribution

  1. agingnoun

    Growing according to some error of time within the nature of sinning. Antigen agriculture expressing a period of time during which an event takes place or a situation remains the case as a skill to build. 1.) dialect form of AGAINST and again with the same meaning.

    We are aging to bring the truth of our discovery in life back to the bringer light.

    Etymology: Growing


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 6, 2024  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aging in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of aging in a Sentence

  1. Alissa Vitti:

    Left untreated, this leads to premature hormonal aging and sets you up for the four big diseases of inflammation post-menopause, that’s the bad news, but the very good news is that you can use food to turn this around.

  2. Didier Lesou:

    We don't have any orders because the government is not renewing its aging fleet of TGV (high-speed) trains ... and it's no longer ordering any locomotives.

  3. Henry Paulson:

    Now that also comes with the territory of aging, but when the language is more effortful on a daily basis, or the comprehension is going downhill, that’s a sign that someone should see a doctor for an evaluation.

  4. Lena Dunham:

    It’s just so crazy because I spent six years of my career being called things like ‘bag of milk’… ‘baby cow,’ ‘aging cow.’ But when she recently lost weight, some people also turned against her. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Then I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I had all these people being like, 'you're a hypocrite, I thought you were body positive. I thought you were a person who embraced bodies of all sizes,' and I'm like ‘I do, I just also understand that bodies change, we live a long time, things happen.’ Dunham told DeGeneres she the comments irked her. I was frustrated by it because it really was evidence that as a woman in Hollywood, you just can't win.

  5. Jennifer Garrison:

    When a woman is in her late 20s or early 30s, the rest of her tissue is functioning at peak performance, but her ovaries are already showing overt signs of aging, yet most women learn about their ovaries and ovarian function when they go to use them for the first time and find out they're geriatric.

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