age
noun
1 age
How long something has existed.
Roget 118: the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, ... show more
Roget 106: time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course ... show more
Roget 108: period, age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum†, quinquennium, ... show more
Roget 124: oldness etc. adj.†; age, antiquity; cobwebs of antiquity. maturity; decline, decay; senility etc. 128. seniority, eldership, ... show more
Dutch: ouderdom
Polish: wiek
2 age
An era of history having some distinctive feature:
— We live in a litigious age.
synonym: historic period.
Dutch: tijdvak, tijdperk, era
Polish: czas, epoka, przedział czasowy, okres, era, czasy
3 age
A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises:
— She was now of school age.
synonym: eld.
Dutch: epoch, volwassenheid, era, leeftijd, meerderjarigheid, tijd, ouderdom, tijdperk
Polish: wiek
4 age
A prolonged period of time:
— We've known each other for ages.
Dutch: leeftijd
Polish: lata
5 age
A late time of life:
— Old age is not for sissies.
— Age hasn't slowed him down at all.
synonyms: eld, geezerhood, old age, years.
Roget 128: age; oldness† etc. adj.; old age, advanced age, golden years; senility, senescence; years, anility†, gray hairs, climacteric, grand climacteric, ... show more
Dutch: levensavond, ouderdom
Polish: starość, podeszły wiek
verb
1 age
Begin to seem older; get older.
Dutch: vergrijzen, verouderen, verouwelijken
2 age
Grow old or older:
— She aged gracefully.
— We age every day--what a depressing thought!.
synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce.
Roget 124: be old etc. adj.; have had its day, have seen its day; become old etc. adj.; age, fade, senesce.
Roget 128: be aged etc. adj.; grow old, get old etc. adj.; age; decline, wane, dodder; senesce.
3 age
Make older.
Moby thesaurus: Bronze Age, Dark Ages, Depression Era, Golden Age, Ice Age, Iron Age, Jacksonian Age, Middle Ages, New Deal Era, Platonic year, Prohibition Era, Silver Age, Steel Age, Stone Age, abidingness, aboriginality, aeon, ages, ancien regime, ancientness ... show more.
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