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age

/eɪd͡ʒ/

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

Examples :

"The dog's age is eight years. "

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

Examples :

"My grandfather's age is eighty-two. "

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One of the stages of life.

Examples :

"the age of infancy"

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

Examples :

"the age of consent; the age of discretion"

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

Examples :

"the golden age; the age of Pericles"

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A great period in the history of the Earth.

Examples :

"the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch"

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A period of one hundred years; a century.

Examples :

"The Industrial Revolution spanned several ages, roughly two centuries of significant change. "

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The people who live during a particular period.

Examples :

"The current age of high school students is very interested in technology. "

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Examples :

"There are three ages living in her house."

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Examples :

"It’s been an age since we last saw you."

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

Examples :

"The Paleocene age is part of the Paleogene period. "

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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.

Examples :

"In the card game, the age went to the student sitting to the left of the dealer. "

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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.

Examples :

"What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?"

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

Examples :

"to come of age; she is now of age"

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

Examples :

"Grandma's age brought a wealth of wisdom to the family gatherings. "

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verb

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

Examples :

"Grief ages us."

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

Examples :

"To avoid immediate payment, the student aged the loan until graduation. "

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To categorize by age.

Examples :

"One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable."

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

Examples :

"He grew fat as he aged."

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