age
Other forms: ages; aged; aging; ageing
Your age is the number of years you've been alive. If your cat is six, you can say that he's "six years of age."
You can also talk about a stage of life or an era in history as an age: "School age kids need to get outside and play every day." Often when someone mentions age as a concept or idea, they mean old age, or being elderly. And the verb age means "grow older." The word comes from the Old French aage, "age or lifetime," from the Latin root aevum, "lifetime, eternity, or age."
Definitions of age
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how long something has existed“it was replaced because of its age”types:chronological ageage measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existedbone agea person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological agedevelopmental agea measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age normsfertilization age, fetal age, gestational agethe age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilizationmental agethe level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence testoldnessthe quality of being old; the opposite of newnessnewnessthe quality of being new; the opposite of oldnessoldnessthe opposite of youngnessyoungnessthe opposite of oldnessold-fashionednessthe property of being no longer fashionablehoarinessgreat age (especially grey or white with age)brand-newnessthe property of being very newfreshnessthe property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deterioratedsenilitythe state of being senilestalenesshaving lost purity and freshness as a consequence of agingtype of:propertya basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
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a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises“she was now of school age”synonyms: eldtypes:age of consentthe minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Uniondrinking agethe age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beveragesvoting agethe age at which a person is old enough to vote in public electionstype of:time of lifea period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
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a late time of life“age hasn't slowed him down at all”synonyms: eld, geezerhood, old age, yearstypes:dotage, second childhood, senilitymental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuationstype of:time of lifea period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
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a prolonged period of time“we've known each other for ages”types:month of Sundaysa time perceived as longblue moona long timeyear dotas long ago as anyone can remembertype of:
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grow old or older“She aged gracefully”“we age every day--what a depressing thought!”
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begin to seem older; get oldertype of:developgrow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
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make olderantonyms:rejuvenatemake younger or more youthful
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an era of history having some distinctive feature“we live in a litigious age”synonyms: historic periodexamples:Age of Reasona movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrineElizabethan agea period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperityVictorian agea period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputationBaroque periodthe historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in EuropeMiddle Agesthe period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian RenaissanceRenaissancethe period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuriesItalian Renaissancethe early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissancetechnological revolutionthe transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nationReign of Terrorthe historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executedHarlem Renaissancea period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourishedNew Dealthe historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implementedReconstruction Periodthe period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877Restorationthe reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685Great Depressiona period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemploymenttypes:antiquitythe historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europegolden ageany period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happinessJazz Agethe 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonismreignthe period during which a monarch is sovereignturn of the centurythe period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
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