age
1. [ noun ] how long something has existed
Examples:

"it was replaced because of its age"

Related terms: property oldness newness fertilization_age youngness oldness chronological_age bone_age developmental_age mental_age new old old young mature immature
2. [ noun ] (history) an era of history having some distinctive feature
Synonyms: historic_period
Examples:

"we live in a litigious age"

Related terms: era Renaissance middle_ages industrial_revolution turn_of_the_century Reconstruction antiquity New_Deal Restoration harlem_renaissance Reign_of_Terror reign Elizabethan_age golden_age Victorian_age history
3. [ noun ] a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
Synonyms: eld
Examples:

"she was now of school age" "tall for his eld"

Related terms: time_of_life majority minority drinking_age voting_age age_of_consent life
4. [ verb ] grow old or older
Synonyms: maturate get_on senesce mature
Examples:

"She aged gracefully" "we age every day--what a depressing thought!" "Young men senesce"

Related terms: develop develop dote fossilize turn growth old_age
5. [ verb ] begin to seem older; get older
Examples:

"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"

Related terms: develop develop
6. [ verb ] make older
Examples:

"The death of his child aged him tremendously"

Related terms: rejuvenate change
7. [ noun ] a prolonged period of time
Synonyms: long_time years
Examples:

"we've known each other for ages" "I haven't been there for years and years"

Related terms: time_period long eon blue_moon year_dot month_of_Sundays
8. [ verb ] get old or older
Synonyms: get_on
Examples:

"We age every day--a depressing thought"

Related terms: rejuvenate deteriorate
9. [ noun ] late time of life
Synonyms: years old_age geezerhood eld
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: time_of_life dotage sixties nineties eighties seventies
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