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age

age

∞ 1.0
The number of years someone has lived that often decides legal rights
  • noun
  • /eɪdʒ/
: edad
  • Cabrini continued to defy death until the age of 67.
  • age in years
  • an age group
  • an age range

It's annoying how good he is for his age, you know?

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Examples

  • Overall, students in the study had an average age of 16.60 years, with 48% being male.

    Academic text (2011)
  • My daughter is the same age right now that I was when I met Cary.

  • Middle school is that age where girls start to get quiet.

  • A book suitable for the age of a child.

  • At the time of the initial survey, the mean age of the sample was 46 years.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The participants range in age from 21 to 60, with the median age of 28.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Participants ranged from 11 to 15 years of age, with a mean age of 12 years.

    Academic text (2011)
  • A surprising number of the immigrants are under the age of 18 and unaccompanied by adults.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Is there an optimal or appropriate age to introduce this?

  • Although Dad started taking pictures at an early age, he continued this hobby throughout his life.

Synonyms

age limit
vsage
12 3.0

A rule that sets the youngest or oldest age allowed to do something

marks the qualifying year itself rather than the rule
legal age
vsage
10 3.6

The age at which a person becomes an adult by law

is a general qualifying year for rights not only adult status
2 3.7

The number of full years and months since a person was born

focuses on the qualifying year for rights not measurement
eld
vsage
  • Archaic
1 9.9

The time in a person's life when they are old

is the modern term for qualifying year rather than archaic word

Antonyms

minority
  • Formal
1 7.4

The time in life before a person is legally an adult

Idioms

148 2.6

Old enough to meet a required number of years, often to be legally an adult

The present time that people often compare with the past

The present time, especially compared with the past

A polite way to talk about someone who is not young, often middle-aged

a dog's age
  • Informal
1 7.9

A very long time since something happened

People become wiser and get more experience as they grow older

coon's age
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A very long time

1 7.8

Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology

1 8.1

A polite, playful way to let older people go first

to act one's age
  • Informal
4.8

Behave in a way that fits your age, usually more maturely

Compounds

152 2.2

A period of life between about 40 and 60 years old

114 2.0

The later part of life after middle age when people often retire and may lose strength

80 2.1

Suitable for people of every age, including children and adults

61 2.2

People of about the same age that researchers study together for social or statistical reasons

54 3.4

A long time when much of Earth is covered by ice and very cold

45 4.1

A time when a country, the arts, or a person has great success

33 3.7

A long time when early people made tools from stone

22 4.1

The time when a young person becomes an adult and starts adult life

A time since the late 1900s when computers and digital communication are common

13 3.9

A period in early history when people used bronze tools and weapons between the Stone and Iron Ages

12 3.0

A rule that sets the youngest or oldest age allowed to do something

12 2.7

An age when someone has lived for a very long time

10 3.6

The age at which a person becomes an adult by law

9 2.4

Minimum age when a person can legally buy or drink alcohol

9 2.5

Age when a person can vote by law in elections

space age
  • Archaic
8 4.7

Looking futuristic and using advanced materials like those for space travel

A child old enough to go to school, usually between five and fifteen years old

7 5.2

The minimum age when the law says a person can agree to sex or marriage

age bracket
  • Specialized
6 3.1

A group of people in a range of ages used to compare data

5 3.6

A period of history after humans first went into space, starting about 1957

5 4.9

A time when people made tools and weapons mostly from iron

4 4.9

A time when a country, art, or culture reaches great success and happiness

A period in Europe when people valued reason, science, and personal freedom more than old traditions

A European movement that uses reason and science to question old beliefs and support people's rights

3 5.0

A period in the 1920s in the United States with lively jazz music, parties, and social change

silver age
  • Literature
2 7.5

A period of strong achievement in art or culture that is less than a golden age

The number of full years and months since a person was born

gestational age
  • Specialized
2 5.3

The time from conception to birth counted in weeks

Age of Man
  • Specialized
2 9.4

A time in Earth's history about the last two million years when humans lived and changed the world

A time in British history from 1837 to 1901 with strict social rules and many grand buildings

mental age
  • Archaic
2 5.1

A way to show how developed someone's thinking is by giving an age from a test

age class
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A group of people of similar ages, for example children or older adults

old-age insurance
  • Specialized
1 3.7

Government or private payments that give money to people after they reach a set age, usually when they stop working

1 3.2

A regular payment from the government or an employer to someone who has retired

Age of Mammals
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A long time in Earth's history since dinosaurs died when mammals became the main land animals

Age of Reptiles
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A long time 230 to 63 million years ago when reptiles like dinosaurs lived on Earth

A person who gets regular money from the government after they stop working because of age

Bronze Age
  • Literature
1 7.3

A time in ancient myths when people are strong but violent and society is cruel

A gain of fat around the waist that happens in middle age

A condition in older people when part of the eye gets weaker and causes loss of central vision

Paleolithic Age
  • Specialized
1 6.7

The first part of the Stone Age when people made simple stone tools

A time when people begin to farm and make polished stone tools

bone age
  • Specialized
1 6.7

The stage of bone growth shown on X-rays compared with normal age

developmental age
  • Specialized
1 5.6

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

fetal age
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Time since the egg and sperm joined that shows how old the embryo or unborn baby is

age norm
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A typical age when most people show a new skill or behavior

A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools

A baby who is much smaller and lighter than usual for their pregnancy length

Age of Fishes
  • Specialized
1 9.2

A time 405 to 345 million years ago when fishes dominated and early amphibians and ammonites appeared

Iron Age
  • Literature
1 7.3

A late age in stories when people suffer and life is violent

Eolithic Age
  • Archaic
9.9

Earliest part of the Stone Age when people first made simple stone tools

fertilization age
  • Specialized
7.2

Time counted from when the sperm joins the egg to show how old an 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

youth-on-age
  • Specialized
9.9

An indoor plant that makes small baby plants on its leaves

How Old

age
∞ 1.0
teens
56 1.0
childhood
742 1.0

Surface Forms

age singular
ages plural

Etymology

Age comes from Latin aetas, meaning 'period of life', so it is used to name the number of years when someone reaches a right or stage, as in 'at the age of sixteen'.