aged

[ ey-jid for 1, 2, 5, 6; eyjd for 1, 3, 4 ]
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adjective
  1. having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old: an aged man;an aged tree.

  2. pertaining to or characteristic of old age: aged wrinkles.

  1. of the age of: a man aged 40 years.

  2. brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood: aged whiskey.

  3. Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of a peneplain.

nounUsually the aged .(used with a plural verb)
  1. old people collectively: We must have improved medical care for the aged.It seems we all, aged and young alike, live in a kind of continuum of existence.

Origin of aged

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; see age, -ed2

Other words for aged

Opposites for aged

Other words from aged

  • a·ged·ly, adverb
  • a·ged·ness, noun
  • pre·aged, adjective
  • un·aged, adjective
  • well-aged, adjective

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How to use aged in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for aged

aged

/ (ˈeɪdʒɪd) /


adjective
    • advanced in years; old

    • (as collective noun; preceded by the): the aged

  1. of, connected with, or characteristic of old age

  1. (eɪdʒd) (postpositive) having the age of: a woman aged twenty

  2. geography (not in technical use) having reached an advanced stage of erosion

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