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NOUN | 1 | age | How long something has existed |
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2 | age, historic period | An era of history having some distinctive feature | |
3 | age, eld | A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | |
4 | age, old age, years, eld, geezerhood | A late time of life | |
5 | age, long time, years | A prolonged period of time | |
VERB | 1 | age | Begin to seem older |
2 | age, senesce, get on, mature, maturate | Grow old or older | |
3 | age | Make older |
Sounds | ey'jh |
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Rhymes | assuage, backstage, birdcage, and 22 more rhymes in eyjh at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | How long something has existed. |
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Examples | "it was replaced because of its age" |
Attributes | mature; immature; old; new; old; young, immature |
Narrower | chronological age; bone age; developmental age; fetal age, fertilization age, gestational age; mental age; oldness; newness; oldness; youngness |
Broader | property |
Meaning | An era of history having some distinctive feature. |
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Examples | "we live in a litigious age" |
Synonyms | historic period |
Part of | history |
Narrower | Elizabethan age; Victorian age; antiquity; golden age; Middle Ages, Dark Ages; Renaissance; industrial revolution, technological revolution; Reign of Terror; reign; turn of the century; Harlem Renaissance; New Deal; Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period; Restoration |
Broader | era, epoch |
Meaning | A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises. |
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Examples | "she was now of school age" |
Synonyms | eld |
Part of | life, lifetime, lifespan |
Narrower | age of consent; majority, legal age; minority, nonage; drinking age; voting age |
Broader | time of life |
Verbs | age |
Meaning | A late time of life. |
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Examples | "old age is not for sissies"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all" |
Synonyms | old age, years, eld, geezerhood |
Parts | sixties, mid-sixties; seventies, mid-seventies; eighties, mid-eighties; nineties, mid-nineties |
Narrower | dotage, second childhood, senility |
Broader | time of life |
Verbs | age; age |
Meaning | A prolonged period of time. |
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Examples | "we've known each other for ages" |
Synonyms | long time, years |
Narrower | long; month of Sundays; eon, aeon; blue moon; year dot |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | Begin to seem older. Get older. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Model | Sam and Sue age |
Examples | "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" |
Broader | develop |
Meaning | Grow old or older. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Examples | "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!" |
Synonyms | senesce, get on, mature, maturate |
Caused by | age |
Entailed by | mature, maturate, grow |
Narrower | turn; fossilize, fossilise; dote |
Broader | develop |
Nouns | age; age |
Meaning | Make older. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "The death of his child aged him tremendously" |
Cause to | senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Contrary | rejuvenate |
Nouns | age |