Age
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /eɪʤ/
- SAMPA: /eIdZ/
Noun
'age (plural ages)
- The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
- That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time.
- What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
- The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
- One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
- Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- to come of age
- he (or she) is of age
- The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- the age of consent
- the age of discretion
- A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- the golden age
- the age of Pericles
- A great period in the history of the Earth.
- A century; the period of one hundred years.
- The people who live at a particular period.
- Hence, a generation.
- A long time.
Synonyms
- (latter part of life): dotage, old age
Translations
whole duration of a being
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part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time
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latter part of life
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one of the stages of life
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time of life when one attains full person rights
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time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested
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particular period of time in history
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great period in the history of the Earth
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century
See century
people who live at a particular period
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generation
See generation
- Turkish: nesil
a long time
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Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.
- Breton: oad m -où (1), oadvezh m -ioù, hoalad m -où (2)
- Dutch: leeftijd m (1), ouderdom m (1), tijdperk n (2), generatie f (3)
- Esperanto: aĝo
- French: époque f (2), ère f; génération f (3)
- German: Epoche f (2), Ära f (2);
- Hebrew: גיל m
- Indonesian: umur / usia (1)
- Interlingua: epocha, era (2); generation (3)
- Italian: epoca f (2), era f (2); generazione f (3)
- Japanese: 年齢 (ねんれい, nenrei) (1)
- Korean: 나이 (nai) (1), 시대 [時代] (sidae) (2), 세대 [世代] (sedae) (3)
- Portuguese: época f (2), era f (2); geração f (3)
- Romanian: vârstă f (2), etate f (1), epocă f (2); eră f (2); generaţie f' (3)
- Spanish: época f (2), era f (2); generación f (3)
- Turkish: yaş
Transitive verb
to age (ageing, aged)
- To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- grief ages us
Intransitive verb
to age (ageing, aged)
- To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
- he grew fat as he aged
Translations
become old
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Related terms
- aged
- ageless
- age of consent
- ages
- Bronze Age
- golden age
- ice age
- Iron Age
- Middle Ages
- Stone Age
