age

A1
Pronunciation
/eɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

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

3 Definition

One of the stages of life.

Example Sentences
  • the age of infancy
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • the age of consent; the age of discretion
5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • the golden age; the age of Pericles
6 Definition

A great period in the history of the Earth.

Example Sentences
  • the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
7 Definition

A period of one hundred years; a century.

8 Definition

The people who live during a particular period.

9 Definition

A generation.

Example Sentences
  • There are three ages living in her house.
10 Definition

A long time.

Example Sentences
  • It’s been an age since we last saw you.
11 Definition

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

12 Definition

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 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
14 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • to come of age; she is now of age
15 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Grief ages us.
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
3 Definition

To categorize by age.

Example Sentences
  • One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He grew fat as he aged.