age

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See also Age, -age, âge, âgé, and äge

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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").

[edit] Noun

age (plural ages)

  1. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
  2. 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?
  3. 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.
  4. One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
  5. 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
  6. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
    the age of consent
    the age of discretion
  7. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
    the golden age
    the age of Pericles
  8. A great period in the history of the Earth.
  9. A century; the period of one hundred years.
  10. The people who live at a particular period.
  11. Hence, a generation.
    There are three ages living in her house.
  12. (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
part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time
latter part of life
one of the stages of life
time of life when one attains full person rights
time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested
particular period of time in history
great period in the history of the Earth
century — see century
people who live at a particular period
generation
See generation
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)

  1. (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
    Grief ages us.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
    One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
  4. (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] French

[edit] Noun

age m. (plural ages)

  1. beam
  2. shaft

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

age (hiragana あげ)

  1. 揚げ: something fried
  2. 上げ: rise in something, especially price
  3. 上げ: a tuck in a kimono

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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

  1. rotten

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[edit] Latin

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age

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of agō

[edit] Mapudungun

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age (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. (anatomy) face

[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)

  1. age

[edit] Old Frisian

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āge

  1. eye
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