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1. | [ noun ] how long something has existed | |
Examples: | "it was replaced because of its age" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | develop develop | |
6. | [ verb ] make older | |
Examples: | "The death of his child aged him tremendously" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | time_of_life dotage sixties nineties eighties seventies | |
Similar spelling: |
ague agee Ag ago aga agua agio agha |