age
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From Middle English age from Anglo-Norman age from Old French aage, eage (Modern French âge), from assumed unattested Vulgar Latin *aetāticum from Latin aetātem, accusative form of aetās from aevum (“lifetime”). Displaced native Middle English elde "age" (from Old English eldo, ieldo "age").
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age (plural ages)
- The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
- That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time.
- What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
- The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
- Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.
- Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
- One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
- Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- to come of age
- he (or she) is of age
- The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- the age of consent
- the age of discretion
- A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- the golden age
- the age of Pericles
- A great period in the history of the Earth.
- A century; the period of one hundred years.
- The people who live at a particular period.
- Hence, a generation.
- There are three ages living in her house.
- (hyperbolic) A long time.
- It's been an age since we last saw you.
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term derived from the noun "age"
[edit] Translations
whole duration of a being
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part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time
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latter part of life
one of the stages of life
time of life when one attains full person rights
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time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested
particular period of time in history
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great period in the history of the Earth
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century — see century
generation
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a long time
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[edit] Verb
age (third-person singular simple present ages, present participle ageing or (US) aging, simple past and past participle aged)
- (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- Grief ages us.
- (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
- (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
- One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
- (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
- He grew fat as he aged.
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transitive: cause to grow old
intransitive: become old
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[edit] See also
Age on Wikiquote.en.Wikiquote- Appendix:Age by decade
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[edit] External links
- age in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- age in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
age m. (plural ages)
[edit] Japanese
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age (hiragana あげ)
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[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaqV ("to make sour, to rot"). Compare Assan bar-ak ("rotten") and Arin bar-oje ("rotten").
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age
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age
- second-person singular present active imperative of agō
[edit] Mapudungun
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age (using Raguileo Alphabet)
[edit] References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
[edit] Occitan
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age m. (plural ages)
[edit] Old Frisian
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āge
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