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Age

noun
/eɪd͡ʒ/
Word Frequency: 176.3

Definitions

1.nounThe whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
2.nounThe number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
3.nounOne of the stages of life.
"the age of infancy"
4.nounThe time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
"the age of consent; the age of discretion"
5.nounA particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
"the golden age; the age of Pericles"
6.nounA great period in the history of the Earth.
"the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch"
7.nounA period of one hundred years; a century.
8.nounThe people who live during a particular period.
9.nounA generation.
"There are three ages living in her house."
10.nounA long time.
"It’s been an age since we last saw you."
11.nounA unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.
12.nounThe 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.nounThat 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.
"What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?"
14.nounMature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
"to come of age; she is now of age"
15.nounAn advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.
"Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself."
16.verbTo cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
"Grief ages us."
17.verbTo postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
"Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so."
18.verbTo categorize by age.
"One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable."
19.verbTo grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
"He grew fat as he aged."

Synonyms

lifespanlifetimedotageeldold ageeternityyonksepochtimecentenniumyearhundredmature

Rhymes With

assuageengageoutrageragestagegaugegagepage
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