What does "age group" mean?

A demographic grouping based on age.

What is a synonym for "age group"?

Common synonyms include: age bracket, cohort, age category, age cohort, age grouping, age range.

Age group

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A demographic grouping based on age.
"It’s one of Foden’s curiosities that, 74 games into his City career, we still don’t really know what his best position will be. He is played as a wing-back and a deep-lying playmaker for England age-group sides."
2
a group of people having approximately the same age wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

age bracket cohort age category age cohort age grouping age range

Antonyms

All antonyms

all ages ungrouped data ungrouped population unsegmented population

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"It’s one of Foden’s curiosities that, 74 games into his City career, we still don’t really know what his best position will be. He is played as a wing-back and a deep-lying playmaker for England age-group sides."

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