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age

/ age /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
how long something has existed
"it was replaced because of its age"
Type of:
property
Kinds of:
chronological age bone age developmental age fetal age fertilization age
noun Sense 2
a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
"she was now of school age"
"tall for his eld"
Type of:
time of life
Kinds of:
age of consent majority legal age minority nonage
Has parts:
life lifetime lifespan
Derived:
senesce get on mature maturate
verb Sense 3
begin to seem older; get older
"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
Type of:
develop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
make older
"The death of his child aged him tremendously"
Opposites:
rejuvenate
Type of:
change alter modify
Derived:
old age years eld geezerhood
Causes:
senesce get on mature
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
noun Sense 5
a prolonged period of time
"we''ve known each other for ages"
"I haven''t been there for years and years"
Type of:
time period period of time period
Kinds of:
long month of Sundays eon aeon blue moon
noun Sense 6
an era of history having some distinctive feature
"we live in a litigious age"
Type of:
era epoch
Kinds of:
Elizabethan age Victorian age antiquity golden age Middle Ages
Has parts:
history
verb Sense 7
grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
"Young men senesce"
Type of:
develop
Kinds of:
turn fossilize fossilise dote
Derived:
growth growing maturation development ontogeny
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 8
a late time of life
"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"
Type of:
time of life
Kinds of:
dotage second childhood senility
Derived:
senesce get on mature maturate
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
65
Times Searched
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property chronological age bone age developmental age fetal age fertilization age time of life age of consent majority legal age minority nonage