age
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- noun
- /eɪdʒ/
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era
- During the Bronze Age, many tools and weapons were made of bronze.
- the Information Age
- the digital age
- the golden age
But the Middle Ages is also the age of insight as well.
- But the Middle Ages is also the age of insight as well.
- Am I just out here living in the Stone Age with my feelings?
- There's a discussion of it as being an age of corruption.
- And then he talks about it also being an age of anticipation.
- You've gone from the age of Pisces into Aquarius.
- Right, so we've had TikTok age and Andrew Ekansu, George Clark.
- And also Black inventors in the age of segregation.
- Now it's time for the age of Aquarius.
- I mean, these people are, it's, it's just Iron Age magical thinking.
- New episodes of The Gilded Age air Mondays on HBO.
Examples
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Utopian dreams are attractive, in any age, to those who traffic in ideas.
Academic text (2011) -
The Indian Ocean in the age of global capital.
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I mean, in this day and age...
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So, more than half of all new relationships are started online in this day and age.
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In a digital age where every cell phone is a camera, we are all broadcasters.
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Teaching classical texts of political philosophy in an age of visual media is a difficult business.
Academic text (1999) -
But this began the golden age of Egyptian archaeology, tourism, and the growth of the modern state.
Academic text (2011) -
The children represented in the study ranged in age from 3 to 9 as of 1992.
Academic text (1999) -
Now, this was the pioneering age of archaeology in Iraq.
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If you think about the age of your audience, we should actually be trying to partner with, say, companies that do stairlifts and walk-in showers.
Synonyms
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2.5
A period of time marked by important events or features
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4.2
A time in the past when important events or changes happen
A period in history with particular events or ideas
Idioms
Compounds
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2.0
The later part of life after middle age when people often retire and may lose strength
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2.2
People of about the same age that researchers study together for social or statistical reasons
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3.9
A period in early history when people used bronze tools and weapons between the Stone and Iron Ages
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3.9
A time since the late 1900s when computers and digital communication are common
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1.3
A child old enough to go to school, usually between five and fifteen years old
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6.3
A period in Europe when people valued reason, science, and personal freedom more than old traditions
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5.0
A period in the 1920s in the United States with lively jazz music, parties, and social change
- Archaic
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5.1
A way to show how developed someone's thinking is by giving an age from a test
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6.7
A time in British history from 1837 to 1901 with strict social rules and many grand buildings
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5.8
A European movement that uses reason and science to question old beliefs and support people's rights
- Literature
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7.3
A time in ancient myths when people are strong but violent and society is cruel
- Specialized
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5.8
A long time in Earth's history since dinosaurs died when mammals became the main land animals
- Specialized
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9.4
A time in Earth's history about the last two million years when humans lived and changed the world
- Specialized
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8.0
A long time 230 to 63 million years ago when reptiles like dinosaurs lived on Earth
- Specialized
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5.1
A condition in older people when part of the eye gets weaker and causes loss of central vision
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4.2
A person who gets regular money from the government after they stop working because of age
- Specialized
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3.7
Government or private payments that give money to people after they reach a set age, usually when they stop working
- Specialized
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6.7
The first part of the Stone Age when people made simple stone tools
- Specialized
The age at which most children reach a certain skill, like walking or talking
A period of English history during Queen Elizabeth I's rule when literature and drama flourished
- Specialized
A time 405 to 345 million years ago when fishes dominated and early amphibians and ammonites appeared
- Specialized
Time counted from when the sperm joins the egg to show how old an embryo or unborn baby is
- Specialized
Time since the egg and sperm joined that shows how old the embryo or unborn baby is
The middle part of the Stone Age when people used small stone tools and began to live in one place
A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools
A regular payment from the government or an employer to someone who has retired
- Literature
A period of strong achievement in art or culture that is less than a golden age
- Specialized
A baby who is much smaller and lighter than usual for their pregnancy length
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Etymology
Age comes from Latin aetas, meaning 'a period of time', and people used it for long historical periods, which is why we call times like the 'Stone Age' or an age of technology by their main feature.