Aged

//ˈeɪ.dʒɪd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Old people, collectively. collective, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article

    "the aged"

  2. 2
    people who are old collectively wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of age form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Old.

    "I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it."

  2. 2
    Having the age of.

    "Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life."

  3. 3
    Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

    "aged whiskey"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process wordnet
  2. 2
    of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable) wordnet
  3. 3
    advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables) wordnet
  4. 4
    having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable) wordnet
  5. 5
    at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
elderlyelderlymaturedripened;abiding

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."

Related phrases

aged R-valueaged carebottom agedbottom-agedcollege-ageddry-agedhome for the agedmid-agedmiddle-agedolder-agedschool-agedteen-aged

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