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• Death at an Early Age — A book by Jonathan Kozol, Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools was first published in 1967. It won the National Book Award for Science, Philosophy, and Religion for 1968.… …   Wikipedia

• MACKENNAL, Sir Edgar Bertram (1863-1931), the first name was dropped at an early age — sculptor son of John Simpson Mackennal, was born at Melbourne on 12 June 1863. His father was also a sculptor and both parents were of Scotch descent. He received his early training from his father, and at the school of design at the Melbourne… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

• early — ear|ly1 W1S1 [ˈə:li US ˈə:rli] adj comparative earlier superlative earliest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(first part)¦ 2¦(before usual)¦ 3¦(beginning)¦ 4¦(new thing)¦ 5 the early hours 6 an early start 7 at/from an early age …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• age — n. stage of life 1) to live to, reach an age 2) an advanced, (ripe) old, venerable age (she lived to a ripe old age) 3) an early, tender, young age (at an early age; at a very young age) 4) middle age 5) (a) college; high school (AE); preschool;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• age — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 how old sb/sth is ⇨ See also ↑old age ADJECTIVE ▪ early, tender, young ▪ He was sent away to school at an early age. ▪ advanced, great …   Collocations dictionary

• age — age1 W1S1 [eıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(how old)¦ 2¦(legal age)¦ 3¦(period of life)¦ 4¦(being old)¦ 5¦(period of history)¦ 6 ages 7 come of age ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: aage, from Vulgar Latin aetaticum …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• age — I UK [eɪdʒ] / US noun Word forms age : singular age plural ages *** Talking or writing about someone s age: asking about age how old used for asking someone their age or talking about their age: How old are you now, Peter? ♦ I m not sure how old… …   English dictionary

• early — 1 adjective 1 NEAR THE BEGINNING near to the beginning of a day, year, someone s life etc: We ve booked two weeks holiday in early May. | Her early life was miserably unhappy. | in the early days (=at the beginning of a process, project etc): In… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Early life of Mark and Steve Waugh — The early life of Mark and Steve Waugh, a set of twins who played Test and ODI cricket for Australia from the 1980s to the 2000s, was characterised by their steady rise through the sporting rankings in a variety of sports. Birth Born at… …   Wikipedia

• age — age1 [ eıdʒ ] noun *** ▸ 1 number of years lived ▸ 2 time of life for doing something ▸ 3 period of history ▸ 4 being/becoming old ▸ 5 long time ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the number of years that someone has lived: It was difficult to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• age — 1 /eIdZ/ noun 1 HOW OLD (C, U) the number of years someone has lived or something has existed: Francis is the same age as me. | The boys were six years apart in age. | There were dozens of kids there, all different ages. | at the age of (=when… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English