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• age — /eɪdʒ / (say ayj) noun 1. the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: his age is 20 years; a tree of unknown age. 2. the lifetime of an individual, or of the… …  

• aged — adjective 1. /eɪdʒd/ (say ayjd), Archaic /eɪdʒəd/ (say ayjuhd) having lived or existed long: an aged woman; an aged tree. 2. /eɪdʒd/ (say ayjd) relating to old age: the aged sector. 3. /eɪdʒəd/ (say ayjuhd) Rare characteristic of old age: aged… …  

• age — n. & v. n. 1 a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely to exist. b a particular point in or part of one s life, often as a qualification (old age; voting age). 2 a colloq. (often in pl.) a long time (took an age to… …   Useful english dictionary

• aged — adj. 1 a of the age of (aged ten). b that has been subjected to ageing. c (of a horse) over six years old. 2 having lived long; old …   Useful english dictionary

• ageing — ageing, sociology of The physiological process of growing older has vital social and cultural dimensions which affect what is often seen as a purely biological inevitability. Age is a cultural category and its meaning and significance vary both… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Aged artwork — Ageing is a process by which an artwork, typically a painting or sculpture, is made to appear old. It is meant to emulate the natural deterioration that can occur over many decades or centuries.Paintings deteriorate over time because they are… …   Wikipedia

• age — [āj] n. [ME < OFr aage < ML * aetaticum < L aetas, contr. < aevitas, akin to aevum, age, eternity < IE base * aiw > AYE1] 1. the time that a person or a thing has existed since birth or beginning 2. usual or expected life span… …   English World dictionary

• aged — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a specified age. 2) old. 3) having been subjected to ageing …   English terms dictionary

• Ageing — This article is about human ageing. For other uses, see Ageing (disambiguation). A human face showing signs of ageing Ageing (British English) or aging (American English) is the accumulation of changes in a person over time.[1] Ageing in humans… …   Wikipedia

• age — [[t]e͟ɪʤ[/t]] ♦ ages, ageing, aging, aged (The spelling aging is also used, mainly in American English.) 1) N VAR Your age is the number of years that you have lived. She has a nephew who is just ten years of age... At the age of sixteen he… …   English 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