age
age - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /eɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
age (countable and uncountable, plural ages)
- (countable) The whole duration of a being, whether human, animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
- (countable) The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
- (countable) One of the stages of life.
- the age of infancy
- (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- the age of consent; the age of discretion
- (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- the golden age; the age of Pericles
- (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
- the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
- (countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
- (countable) The people who live during a particular period.
- (countable) A generation.
- There are three ages living in her house.
- (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
- It’s been an age since we last saw you.
- (countable, geology) The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
- (countable, poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
- (uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
- What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
- (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- to come of age; she is now of age
- (uncountable) An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority.
- Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Synonyms
- (duration of a life): lifespan, lifetime
- (period (in years or otherwise) something has been alive): eld
- (particular period of time): epoch, time; see also era
- (period of one hundred years): centennium, yearhundred
- (long time): eternity, yonks; see also eon
- (latter part of life): dotage, old age, eld; see also old age
Derived terms
Terms derived from age (noun)
- achievement age
- act one's age
- age before beauty
- age compression
- age discrimination
- age distribution
- age grade
- age group
- age is just a number
- age limit
- Age of Aquarius
- age of consent
- age of criminal responsibility
- age of discretion
- Age of Enlightenment
- age of extinction
- age of judgement
- age of judgment
- age of majority
- Age of Reason
- age of reason
- Age of Sail
- Age of Steam
- age play
- age rating
- age regression
- age regressor
- age set
- age spot
- age standardized rate
- age-mate
- age-old
- age-reversal
- aged
- ageful
- ageing, aging
- ageism
- ageist
- ageless
- agelong
- ages
- all ages
- all ages
- an egg's age
- atomic age, Atomic Age
- awkward age
- be ages with
- bone age
- bottom age
- bottom-age
- bronze age
- Bronze Age
- chronological age
- come of age, coming of age
- coming-of-age
- coon's age
- crow's age
- dark age, Dark Ages
- dark ages
- day and age, in this day and age
- day-age
- digital age
- dog's age
- drinking age
- emotional age
- for the ages
- for the ages
- full age
- golden age
- health and fitness age
- heroic age
- ice age
- Industrial Age
- Iron Age
- iron age
- jazz age
- jet age
- legal age
- look one's age
- mature-age student
- mental age
- middle age
- Middle Ages
- middle ages
- modern age
- New Age
- new age
- new age traveller
- new-age
- nuclear age
- of a certain age
- of age
- old-age
- one age with
- overage
- prehistoric age
- ripe old age
- school age
- school-age
- show one's age
- silver age
- space age, space-age
- steam age
- stone age
- Stone Age
- stone-age
- teen-age
- teenage, teenager
- third age
- top age
- top-age
- under age, underage
- unto the ages of ages
- voting age
- weight for age
- with ages
- youth-on-age
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Verb
age (third-person singular simple present ages, present participle ageing or (US) aging, simple past and past participle aged)
- (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
- He grew fat as he aged.
- (intransitive, informal, of a statement, prediction) To be viewed or turn out in some way after a certain time has passed.
- His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
- (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- Grief ages us.
- (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
- (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
- One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
- (transitive) To indicate that a person has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Anagrams
age - Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aːɣə/, [ˈæːjə], [ˈæːæ]
- Homophone: ae
Verb
age (past tense agede, past participle aget)
- (intransitive, dated) to drive (in a vehicle)
- (transitive, obsolete) to drive (a vehicle), transport
Conjugation
age - French
Pronunciation
Noun
age m (plural ages)
age - Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA: /ˈɛɡə/
Preposition
age
- Munster form of ag (used before a possessive determiner)
age - Japanese
Romanization
age
age - Kott
Adjective
age
Related terms
age - Latin
Interjection
age
Verb
age
- second-person singular present active imperative of agō
age - Mapudungun
Noun
age (Raguileo spelling)
age - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈaːdʒ(ə)/
Noun
age (plural ages)
- The age of someone (or rarely something); how old someone is.
- The correct or traditional age for something (especially the age of maturity)
- Old age or senescence; the state of being old or elderly.
- The life of something or someone; an extent of existence.
- A period or portion of time; an age, epoch, or era.
- Time (as an abstract concept); the passing of time.
- (rare, in every age) A person or individual who is a particular age.
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
age
- Alternative form of awe
age - Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /²ɑː.jə/, /²ɑː.ɡə/
Alternative forms
Noun
age m (definite singular agen, indefinite plural agar, definite plural agane)
Alternative forms
Verb
age (present tense agar, past tense aga, past participle aga, passive infinitive agast, present participle agande, imperative age/ag)
Anagrams
age - Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈaːɣe/
Noun
āge n
Inflection
Descendants
age - Portuguese
Verb
age
- inflection of agir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
age - Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ed͡ʒ/
Noun
age (plural ages)
Verb
age (third-person singular simple present ages, present participle agin, simple past aged, past participle aged)
- to age
age - Spanish
Verb
age
- inflection of agir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
age - Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈa.ɡe]
Noun
age
- the trunk of a tree, tree trunk
- levee, embankment
age - Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA: /à.ɡé/
Noun
àgé