old age
- noun
- /oʊld eɪdʒ/
- 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
The later time in life when a person is old
An age when someone has lived for a very long time
How long a person or thing has been around
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
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'.