EGAVE

age

About 176.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Angal.
  2. noun The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)
    "What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)
  3. noun The state of being old; the latter part of life.
    Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
  4. noun Any particular stage of life.
    the age of infancy
  5. noun The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
    the age of consent; the age of discretion
  6. noun Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
    to come of age; she is now of age
  7. noun A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
    the golden age of cinema; the first age of colonialism; a bygone age
  8. noun The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished.
    the age of Pericles; the age of the dinosaurs

Similar words

old age mature maturate years get on long time old elderly antique senior

Often followed by

of and in group at is groups to or

Word family

aged ageing ages aging

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