age

See also: Age, AGE, Agë, Agę, âge, âgé, äge, Åge, and -age

age - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

age (countable and uncountable, plural ages)

  1. (countable) The whole duration of a being, whether human, animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
  2. (countable) The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
  3. (countable) One of the stages of life.
    • the age of infancy
  4. (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
  5. (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
    • the golden age; the age of Pericles
  6. (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
  7. (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.
  8. (countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
  9. (countable) The people who live during a particular period.
  10. (countable) A generation.
    • There are three ages living in her house.
  11. (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
    • It’s been an age since we last saw you.
  12. (countable, geology) The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
  13. (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.
  14. (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?
  15. (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
  16. (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

Derived terms

Terms derived from age (noun)

Translations

  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin:  (zh) ()
  • Finnish: vaihe (fi)
  • Swedish: ålder (sv) c

Verb

age (third-person singular simple present ages, present participle ageing or (US) aging, simple past and past participle aged)

  1. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
    • He grew fat as he aged.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
    • Grief ages us.
  4. (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.
  5. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
    • One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
  6. (transitive) To indicate that a person has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.

Synonyms

  • (cause to grow old): mature; see also make older
  • (grow aged): elden; see also to age

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

age - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aːɣə/, [ˈæːjə], [ˈæːæ]
  • Homophone: ae

Verb

age (past tense agede, past participle aget)

  1. (intransitive, dated) to drive (in a vehicle)
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to drive (a vehicle), transport

Conjugation

present past
simple ager agede
perfect har or er aget havde or var aget
passive ages agedes
participle agende aget
imperative ag
infinitive age
auxiliary verb have or være
gerund agen

age - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aʒ/
  • Homophones: ages (general), âge, âges (some speakers)

Noun

age m (plural ages)

  1. beam (central bar of a plough)
  2. shaft

age - Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA: /ˈɛɡə/

Preposition

age

  1. Munster form of ag (used before a possessive determiner)

age - Japanese

Romanization

age

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

age - Kott

Adjective

age

  1. rotten

age - Latin

Interjection

age

  1. well now, well then, come now (transition)
  2. very well, good, right (sign of affirmation)

Verb

age

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of agō

age - Mapudungun

Noun

age (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) face

age - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

age (plural ages)

  1. The age of someone (or rarely something); how old someone is.
  2. The correct or traditional age for something (especially the age of maturity)
  3. Old age or senescence; the state of being old or elderly.
  4. The life of something or someone; an extent of existence.
  5. A period or portion of time; an age, epoch, or era.
  6. Time (as an abstract concept); the passing of time.
  7. (rare, in every age) A person or individual who is a particular age.

Descendants


Noun

age

  1. 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)

  1. awe
  2. deference
  3. esteem, reverence

Alternative forms

Verb

age (present tense agar, past tense aga, past participle aga, passive infinitive agast, present participle agande, imperative age/ag)

  1. to chastise, subdue
  2. to impress
  3. to agitate
  4. to scare

Anagrams

age - Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaːɣe/

Noun

āge n

  1. (anatomy) eye

Inflection

case singular plural
nominative āge āga, āgene, āgne
accusative āge āga, āgene, āgne
genitive āga āgena
dative āga āgum, āgem, āgnum, āgnem

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    • Most dialects: uug
    • Goesharde: uug, uuch
    • Halligen: uuch
    • Heligoland: Oog
    • Sylt: Oog
  • Saterland Frisian: Oge
  • West Frisian: each

age - Portuguese

Verb

age

  1. inflection of agir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

age - Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ed͡ʒ/

Noun

age (plural ages)

  1. age

Verb

age (third-person singular simple present ages, present participle agin, simple past aged, past participle aged)

  1. to age

age - Spanish

Verb

age

  1. inflection of agir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

age - Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈa.ɡe]

Noun

age

  1. the trunk of a tree, tree trunk
  2. levee, embankment

age - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /à.ɡé/

Noun

àgé

  1. kettle
Meaning and Definition of age
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