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noun
1.
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
2.
a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity: the age of discretion; the age of consent; The state raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 years.
3.
the particular period of life at which a person becomes naturally or conventionally qualified or disqualified for anything: He was over age for military duty.
4.
one of the periods or stages of human life: a person of middle age.
5.
EXPANDadvanced years; old age: His eyes were dim with age.
6.
a particular period of history, as distinguished from others; a historical epoch: the age of Pericles; the Stone Age; the age of electronic communications.
7.
the period of history contemporary with the span of an individual's life: He was the most famous architect of the age.
8.
a generation or a series of generations: ages yet unborn.
9.
a great length of time: I haven't seen you for an age. He's been gone for ages.
10.
the average life expectancy of an individual or of the individuals of a class or species: The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years.
11.
Psychology. the level of mental, emotional, or educational development of a person, especially a child, as determined by various tests and based on a comparison of the individual's score with the average score for persons of the same chronological age.
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Geology.
a.
a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature: the Ice Age.
b.
a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed.
13.
any of the successive periods in human history divided, according to Hesiod, into the golden, silver, bronze, heroic, and iron ages.
14.
COLLAPSEverb (used without object)
15.
to grow old: He is aging rapidly.
16.
to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood: a heavy port that ages slowly.
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verb (used with object)
Idiom17.
to make old; cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight.
18.
to bring to maturity or a state fit for use: to age wine.
19.
to store (a permanent magnet, a capacitor, or other similar device) so that its electrical or magnetic characteristics become constant.
20.
to expose (a dye or dyed cloth) to steam or humid air in order to fix the dye.
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to stabilize the electrical properties of (a device) by passing current through it.
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of age, Law.
a.
being any of several ages, usually 21 or 18, at which certain legal rights, as voting or marriage, are acquired.
b.
being old enough for full legal rights and responsibilities.
Origin:
1225–75; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French aage, eage, equivalent to aé (< Latin aetātem accusative of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime + -itās -ity) + -age -age; (v.) Middle English agen, derivative of the noun
1225–75; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French aage, eage, equivalent to aé (< Latin aetātem accusative of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime + -itās -ity) + -age -age; (v.) Middle English agen, derivative of the noun
Related forms
in·ter·age, adjective
pre·age, verb, -aged, -ag·ing.
sub·age, noun
un·ag·ing, adjective
Synonyms
6. Age, epoch, era, period all refer to an extent of time. Age usually implies a considerable extent of time, especially one associated with a dominant personality, influence, characteristic, or institution: the age of chivalry. Epoch and era are often used interchangeably to refer to an extent of time characterized by changed conditions and new undertakings: an era (or epoch) of invention. epoch sometimes refers especially to the beginning of an era: the steam engine—an epoch in technology. A period may be long or short, but usually has a marked condition or feature: the glacial period; a period of expansion. 16. ripen, mellow, develop.
6. Age, epoch, era, period all refer to an extent of time. Age usually implies a considerable extent of time, especially one associated with a dominant personality, influence, characteristic, or institution: the age of chivalry. Epoch and era are often used interchangeably to refer to an extent of time characterized by changed conditions and new undertakings: an era (or epoch) of invention. epoch sometimes refers especially to the beginning of an era: the steam engine—an epoch in technology. A period may be long or short, but usually has a marked condition or feature: the glacial period; a period of expansion. 16. ripen, mellow, develop.
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- Young people have moved away, leaving an aging population that no longer has the energy to put on street fairs or holiday parades.
- Caring for an aging parent is difficult, time-consuming work, both physically and mentally.
- Aging pipes are often replaced with more earthquake-resistant magnesium-reinforced cast iron.
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Word Origin & History
age
c.1300, "long but indefinite period in human history," from O.Fr. aage, from V.L. *aetaticum (cf. Sp. edad, It. eta, Port. idade "age"), from L. aetatem (nom. aetas), "period of life," from aevum "lifetime, eternity, age," from PIE base *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see
EXPAND eon). Meaning "time something has lived, particular length or stage of life" is from early 14c. Used especially for "old age" since mid-14c. Expelled native eld. The verb meaning "to grow old" is from late 14c. Age-group attested from 1904, originally a term in the science of demographics.
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age (āj)
n.
The length of time that one has existed; duration of life. v.
To become old.
To manifest traits associated with old age.
aging ag·ing (ā'jĭng)
n.
The process of growing old or maturing.
The gradual changes in the structure of a mature organism that occur normally over time and increase the probability of death.
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