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Age
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- 1 The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes) countable
""What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)"
- 2 Initialism of advanced glycation end-product. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 3 how long something has existed wordnet
- 4 The state of being old; the latter part of life. uncountable
"Feel awfully about Scott... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood. The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and age."
- 5 Initialism of agarose gel electrophoresis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises wordnet
- 7 Any particular stage of life. countable
"the age of infancy"
- 8 Initialism of allyl glycidyl ether. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 9 a late time of life wordnet
- 10 The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested. countable
"the age of consent; the age of discretion"
- 11 Initialism of arterial gas embolism. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 12 a prolonged period of time wordnet
- 13 Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities. uncountable
"to come of age; she is now of age"
- 14 an era of history having some distinctive feature wordnet
- 15 A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. countable
"the golden age of cinema; the first age of colonialism; a bygone age"
- 16 A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished. countable, uncountable
"the age of Pericles; the age of the dinosaurs"
- 17 A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; A great period in the history of the Earth. countable
"The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age."
- 18 A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch). countable
"The Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic Epoch."
- 19 One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month. countable, uncountable
"Mr Lewis says we are living in the age of Aquarius, which means that the world is at present passing through the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, the airy constellation."
- 20 A period of one hundred years; a century. countable
- 21 A generation. countable, dated, possibly, uncommon
"There are three ages living in her house."
- 22 A long time. countable, excessive
"It’s been an age since we last saw you."
- 23 Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average). countable
"The age of man is three score years and ten."
- 24 The entitlement 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. countable
- 1 To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age. intransitive
"He grew fat as he aged."
- 2 grow old or older wordnet
- 3 To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.; To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way. intransitive, usually
"His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup."
- 4 begin to seem older; get older wordnet
- 5 To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. transitive
"Grief ages us."
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- 6 make older wordnet
- 7 To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.; To allow to mature. transitive
"We age the whiskey for five years."
- 8 To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.; To treat or tamper with in order to give a false appearance of age. transitive
"This clock is modern, but it has been deliberately aged in an attempt to make it seem antique."
- 9 To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence). transitive
"There are several ways to age trees."
- 10 To indicate or reveal that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one. transitive
"I clearly remember hearing the news of Kennedy's assassination. That ages me."
- 11 To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt. figuratively, transitive
"Money's a little tight right now. Let's age our bills for a week or so."
- 12 To categorize by age. transitive
"One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable."
Etymology
From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“lifetime”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”). Compare French âge. Displaced native Old English ieldu. The verb is from Middle English agen, from the noun. Originally found mostly as a participial adjective, probably an adjective in -ed, derived from the noun, reanalyzed to create a verb; perhaps modeled on such pairs as Latin senēscō (seneō; verb) / senex (adjective) and Middle French vieillir (verb) / vieil (adjective). Also compare Old French se aagier, eogier (“become of age”).
From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“lifetime”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”). Compare French âge. Displaced native Old English ieldu. The verb is from Middle English agen, from the noun. Originally found mostly as a participial adjective, probably an adjective in -ed, derived from the noun, reanalyzed to create a verb; perhaps modeled on such pairs as Latin senēscō (seneō; verb) / senex (adjective) and Middle French vieillir (verb) / vieil (adjective). Also compare Old French se aagier, eogier (“become of age”).
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