age

/eษชdอกส’/

IPA: /EY1 JH/

noun
  1. 1

    The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.

  2. 2

    The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.

  3. 3

    One of the stages of life.

    โ€œthe age of infancyโ€

  4. 4

    The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.

    โ€œthe age of consent; the age of discretionโ€

  5. 5

    A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

    โ€œthe golden age; the age of Periclesโ€

  6. 6

    A great period in the history of the Earth.

    โ€œthe Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epochโ€

  7. 7

    A period of one hundred years; a century.

  8. 8

    The people who live during a particular period.

  9. 9

    A generation.

    โ€œThere are three ages living in her house.โ€

  10. 10

    A long time.

    โ€œItโ€™s been an age since we last saw you.โ€

  11. 11

    A unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.

  12. 12

    The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

  13. 13

    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.

    โ€œWhat is the present age of a man, or of the earth?โ€

  14. 14

    Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.

    โ€œto come of age; she is now of ageโ€

  15. 15

    An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.

    โ€œWisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

    โ€œGrief ages us.โ€

  2. 2

    To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.

    โ€œMoney's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.โ€

  3. 3

    To categorize by age.

    โ€œOne his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.โ€

  4. 4

    To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.

    โ€œHe grew fat as he aged.โ€

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/age