Age
WordNet
noun
(1) How long something has existed
"It was replaced because of its age"
(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"
(3) 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"
(4) A prolonged period of time
"We've known each other for ages"
"I haven't been there for years and years"
(5) An era of history having some distinctive feature
"We live in a litigious age"
verb
(6) Grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"
"We age every day--what a depressing thought!"
"Young men senesce"
(7) Begin to seem older; get older
"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
(8) Make older
"The death of his child aged him tremendously"
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Etymology
From age from age from (Modern ), from assumed unattested } from aetātem, accusative form of from . Displaced native elde "age" (from eldo, ieldo "age").
Noun
- The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
- That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time.
- What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
- The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
- Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.
- Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
- One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
- Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- to come of age
- he (or she) is of age
- The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- the age of consent
- the age of discretion
- A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- the golden age
- the age of Pericles
- A great period in the history of the Earth.
- A century; the period of one hundred years.
- The people who live at a particular period.
- Hence, a generation.
- There are three ages living in her house.
- A long time.
- It's been an age since we last saw you.
Verb
- To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- Grief ages us.
- To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
- To categorize by age.
- One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
- To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
- He grew fat as he aged.