age

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

ages

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

age

past (v2)

aged

past participle (v3)

aged

present participle

aging

3rd person singular

ages

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)

   • We both have kids under age four.
   • What is the present age of the earth?
   • You should play with kids the same age as you.

2. 2.The state of being old; the latter part of life.

   • Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

3. 3.Any particular stage of life.

   • In Japan, people become legally of age at twenty.
   • At present there are about 31 million Americans over the age of sixty-five.
   • Tom died at the age of 97.

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

   • In Japan, people become legally of age at twenty.
   • At present there are about 31 million Americans over the age of sixty-five.
   • Tom died at the age of 97.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To indicate or reveal that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.

   • I clearly remember hearing the news of Kennedy's assassination. That ages me.
   • Mr. [David] Brinkley started out with network news. We got our news- I think it was the Huntley-Brinkley Report. I'm probably aging myself now, okay?

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

   • The sitcom was made in the 1970s and its casual sexism has not aged well.
   • His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
   • He grew fat as he aged.

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

   • We age the whiskey for five years.
   • This clock is modern, but it has been deliberately aged in an attempt to make it seem antique.
   • To look at the hair by itself you'd say it was actually quite pretty, but on her head the gray sure ages her.

4. 4.To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence).

   • There are several ways to age trees.

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