ages

See also: âges, âgés, and äges

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪz

Noun

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

a long time

• Catalan: anys i panys (ca)
• Finnish: aikoihin (fi)
• Maori: pōpōroa, pōpōroroa

Verb

ages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of age

Anagrams

• Sage, Sega, geas, sage, sega

Cornish

Alternative forms

• ès

Preposition

ages

1. than (introduces part of comparison)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

ages m

1. plural of age

Anagrams

• sage

Latin

Verb

agēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of agō

Middle English

Noun

ages

1. plural of age

Portuguese

Verb

ages

1. second-person singular present indicative of agir

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡes/

Adverb

ages

1. today

Spanish

Verb

ages

1. second-person singular present indicative of agir