Aged
/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Old people, collectively. collective, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
"the aged"
- 2 people who are old collectively wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of age form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Old.
"I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it."
- 2 Having the age of.
"Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life."
- 3 Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
"aged whiskey"
Adjective
- 1 (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process wordnet
- 2 of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable) wordnet
- 3 advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables) wordnet
- 4 having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable) wordnet
- 5 at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) wordnet
Example
More examples"Child-care leave and time off to care for the aged are needed in order to respond to demographic changes now taking place in Japan."