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old age
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–noun
| the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME
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old-age, adjective
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
old age
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| old age | |
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| 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" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
old age
the later part of a person's life
Example: He wrote most of his poems in his old age.
See also: old-fashioned, old, old boy/girl, old hand, old maid, the old, "old age" in any languageExample: He wrote most of his poems in his old age.
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