age
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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”) (modern eld; from Old English eldo, ieldo (“age”)).
Noun [edit]
age (plural ages)
- The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
- (uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
- What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
- (uncountable) 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
- (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- the age of consent
- the age of discretion
- (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- the golden age
- the age of Pericles
- (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
- The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age.
- The Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch.
- (countable) A century; the period of one hundred years.
- The people who live at a particular period.
- (countable) A generation.
- There are three ages living in her house.
- (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
- It's been an age since we last saw you.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
term derived from the noun "age"
Translations [edit]
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
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one of the stages of life
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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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Verb [edit]
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.
- Holland
- They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that.
- Landor
- I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-coloured, hair here and there.
Translations [edit]
transitive: cause to grow old
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intransitive: become old
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See also [edit]
Age on Wikiquote.en.Wikiquote- Appendix:Age by decade
Statistics [edit]
External links [edit]
- age in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- age in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
age m (plural ages)
Japanese [edit]
Romanization [edit]
age
- See あげ
Kott [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaqV ("to make sour, to rot"). Compare Assan bar-ak ("rotten") and Arin bar-oje ("rotten").
Adjective [edit]
age
Related terms [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
age
- second-person singular present active imperative of agō
Mapudungun [edit]
Noun [edit]
age (using Raguileo Alphabet)
References [edit]
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Occitan [edit]
Noun [edit]
age m (plural ages)
Old Frisian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye, to see”). Compare Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon and Old Dutch ōga, Old High German ouga, Old Norse auga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augo).
Noun [edit]
āge n
Declension [edit]
Declension of age (weak, neuter)
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | āge | āga, āg(e)ne |
| accusative | āge | āga, āg(e)ne |
| genitive | āga | āgena |
| dative | āga | āg(n)um, āg(n)em |
Descendants [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
age
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- Mapudungun nouns
- arn:Anatomy
- Occitan nouns
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