old age
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- noun
- /oʊld eɪdʒ/
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- Many people find that maintaining social connections can help improve their quality of life in old age.
- an old-age pension
- income in old age
- old-age benefits
And it's now in my old age that I realized.
- And it's now in my old age that I realized.
- I really do see us together in old age, like I really do.
- And her death certificate said she died of old age.
- This is the peace and quiet of my old age.
- And that will continue throughout adulthood and into old age, with a few caveats that we'll speak about.
- People live longer and they retire at an older age maybe.
- OK, did you know that lobsters, like, don't die of old age?
- You get paid to do what you love, even in old age.
- You know, nobody, very few people lived all the way to, you know, old age, infant mortality was high.
- Elves do age very, very slowly, but they don't die of old age.
- I I don't see, at least in my experience, people who make it old age.
- It's actually a disease of midlife with symptoms that start in old age.
Examples
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The problem in Japan is just that there are fewer workers and more old age dependents.
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"If we're going to watch television in our old age, we should sit next to each other," she said.
Fiction book (1994) -
But bear in mind, old age will come, and it's not kind.
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I really do see us together in old age, like I really do.
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And then again, old age takes over and people do die.
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Why should meaning be any more at issue in old age than in earlier times of life?
Academic text (1999) -
Of course, at the time I was hurt, but now in my old age, I got smart.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well, if I'm not going to die, I must start saving money for my old age.
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The child, if he had lived, would be a comfort now in our old age; grandchildren running about.
Fiction book (1992) -
He died at a healthy, ripe old age.
Synonyms
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The later time in life when a person is old
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An age when someone has lived for a very long time
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How long a person or thing has been around
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The time in a person's life when they are old
The state of being old in people or things
A stage of life when a person is older and respected for their wisdom
Antonyms
How Old
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Old age comes from the simple picture of someone who is old after many years, like a person with grey hair and slow steps. So, it means 'the later years of a person's life'.