ages

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See also: âges, âgés, and äges

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪz

Noun[edit]

ages

  1. plural of age
  2. (hyperbolic) A long time.
    It was ages since that wonderful holiday.
    • 1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 108:
      “He's been gone ages,” she said, and she went with little light steps to the door, opened it, and crossed the passage into his room.
    • 2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, UK: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 250:
      Judith, aged 58, described her experience of seeking help for persistent back pain: "You don't actually see the consultant. You wait for ages and ages and ages and you come out feeling totally baffled really."

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

ages

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of age

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Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ages

  1. than (introduces part of comparison)

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ages m

  1. plural of age

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Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

ages

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of agir

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

agēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of agō

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

ages

  1. plural of age

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

ages

  1. second-person singular present indicative of agir

Romani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ages

  1. today

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

ages

  1. second-person singular present indicative of agir