age
/eɪd͡ʒ/
The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point; The state of being old; the latter part of life; Any particular stage of life
- plural
- ages
Meanings
- 1
The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point — Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes
I am about your age.
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You are about my age.
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- 2
The state of being old; the latter part of life
- 3
Any particular stage of life
- 4
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others
- 5
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished
- 6
A period of one hundred years; a century
- 7
A generation
- 8
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vestedrare
- 9
Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacitiesrare
- 10
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; A great period in the history of the Earthrare