Definition of "age"
- noun
The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
A great period in the history of the Earth.
A century; the period of one hundred years.
The people who live at a particular period.
A generation.
A long time.
- verb
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
To categorize by age.
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