| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | age | How long something has existed |
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| 2 | age, historic period | An era of history having some distinctive feature | |
| 3 | age, eld | A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | |
| 4 | age, old age, years, eld, geezerhood | A late time of life | |
| 5 | age, long time, years | A prolonged period of time | |
| VERB | 1 | age | Begin to seem older |
| 2 | age, senesce, get on, mature, maturate | Grow old or older | |
| 3 | age | Make older |
| Sounds | ey'jh |
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| Rhymes | assuage, backstage, birdcage, and 22 more rhymes in eyjh at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | How long something has existed. |
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| Examples | "it was replaced because of its age" |
| Attributes | mature; immature; old; new; old; young, immature |
| Narrower | chronological age; bone age; developmental age; fetal age, fertilization age, gestational age; mental age; oldness; newness; oldness; youngness |
| Broader | property |
| Meaning | An era of history having some distinctive feature. |
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| Examples | "we live in a litigious age" |
| Synonyms | historic period |
| Part of | history |
| Narrower | Elizabethan age; Victorian age; antiquity; golden age; Middle Ages, Dark Ages; Renaissance; industrial revolution, technological revolution; Reign of Terror; reign; turn of the century; Harlem Renaissance; New Deal; Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period; Restoration |
| Broader | era, epoch |
| Meaning | A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises. |
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| Examples | "she was now of school age" |
| Synonyms | eld |
| Part of | life, lifetime, lifespan |
| Narrower | age of consent; majority, legal age; minority, nonage; drinking age; voting age |
| Broader | time of life |
| Verbs | age |
| Meaning | A late time of life. |
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| Examples | "old age is not for sissies"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all" |
| Synonyms | old age, years, eld, geezerhood |
| Parts | sixties, mid-sixties; seventies, mid-seventies; eighties, mid-eighties; nineties, mid-nineties |
| Narrower | dotage, second childhood, senility |
| Broader | time of life |
| Verbs | age; age |
| Meaning | A prolonged period of time. |
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| Examples | "we've known each other for ages" |
| Synonyms | long time, years |
| Narrower | long; month of Sundays; eon, aeon; blue moon; year dot |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Meaning | Begin to seem older. Get older. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Model | Sam and Sue age |
| Examples | "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" |
| Broader | develop |
| Meaning | Grow old or older. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!" |
| Synonyms | senesce, get on, mature, maturate |
| Caused by | age |
| Entailed by | mature, maturate, grow |
| Narrower | turn; fossilize, fossilise; dote |
| Broader | develop |
| Nouns | age; age |
| Meaning | Make older. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The death of his child aged him tremendously" |
| Cause to | senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Contrary | rejuvenate |
| Nouns | age |