of age
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2.6
- idiom
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- At 18, you are of age and can legally sign contracts and make important decisions.
- years of age
- 18 years of age
- months of age
Would I let my child when she's of age have cosmetic surgery?
- Would I let my child when she's of age have cosmetic surgery?
- If if you, you have a child and they're of age to find their partner, right?
Examples
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Pat is an Irishman, 42 years of age, and is said to be very rich.
Fiction book (1991) -
Yeah, but I was of age when I had my first drink.
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After all, we are of age.
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And when you come of age, you will hold... the Great Seal.
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I learned to surf on this beach, in that water starting around seven years of age.
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I will make my vows to the Spirit when I come of age, just like you.
Fiction book (1998) -
Participants ranged from 11 to 15 years of age, with a mean age of 12 years.
Academic text (2011) -
There was no parent meeting because we were of age to where we were able to start solving our own problems and meeting our own needs.
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She cannot marry without my consent... until she comes of age... and that consent I absolutely decline to give.
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The participants' age ranged from 21 to 59 years of age (M = 29.67, SD = 9.57).
Academic text (2011)
Antonyms
How Old
Surface Forms
Morphology
of + age
The meaning 'having reached a particular age' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'of' (marking an attribute or relation) with 'age' (years of life); the phrase simply attributes age to the subject, so 'old enough' or 'legally adult' is predictable. This of + noun adjectival pattern is a common, compositional English structure and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase of age comes from old ways of saying someone was a certain age, meaning they had reached that number of years. So today of age is a short way to say 'old enough' or 'legally an adult', and it can also mean something has reached a set number of years.