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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: age

1	n v	how long something has existed grow old or older
2	n	an era of history having some distinctive feature

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: age

n how long something has existed

“it was replaced because of its age”

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; chronological age
age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed; bone age
a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age; developmental age
a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms; fertilization age, fetal age, gestational age
the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization; mental age
the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test; oldness
the quality of being old; the opposite of newness; newness
the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness; oldness
the opposite of youngness; youngness
the opposite of oldness; obsoleteness, superannuation
the property of being out of date and not current; ancientness, antiquity
extreme oldness; old-fashionedness
the property of being no longer fashionable; time of origin, vintage
the oldness of wines; hoariness
great age (especially grey or white with age); brand-newness
the property of being very new; freshness
the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; recency, recentness
the property of having happened or appeared not long ago; agedness, senescence
the property characteristic of old age; senility
the state of being senile; longevity, seniority
the property of being long-lived; staleness
having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging; juvenility, youth, youthfulness
the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person; childishness, puerility
a property characteristic of a child

Type of:: property
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

n a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

“she was now of school age”

Synonyms:: eld

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; age of consent
the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union; legal age, majority
the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs; minority, nonage
any age prior to the legal age; drinking age
the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages; voting age
the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections

Type of:: time of life
a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state

n a late time of life

“old age is not for sissies”

“age hasn't slowed him down at all”

Synonyms:: eld, geezerhood, old age, years

Types:: dotage, second childhood, senility
mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Type of:: time of life
a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state

n a prolonged period of time

“we've known each other for ages”

Synonyms:: long time, years

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; month of Sundays
a time perceived as long; aeon, eon
an immeasurably long period of time; blue moon
a long time; year dot
as long ago as anyone can remember

Type of:: period, period of time, time period
an amount of time

v grow old or older

“She aged gracefully”

“we age every day--what a depressing thought!”

Synonyms:: get on, maturate, mature, senesce

Types:: turn
become officially one year older; fossilise, fossilize
become mentally inflexible; dote
be foolish or senile due to old age

Type of:: develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

v begin to seem older; get older

“The death of his wife caused him to age fast”

Type of:: develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

v make older

“The death of his child aged him tremendously”

Antonyms:: rejuvenate
make younger or more youthful

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

n an era of history having some distinctive feature

“we live in a litigious age”

Synonyms:: historic period

Examples:: show 14 examples...; hide 14 examples...; Age of Reason
a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; Elizabethan age
a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity; Victorian age
a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation; Baroque period
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe; Middle Ages
the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance; Renaissance
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries; Italian Renaissance
the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance; technological revolution
the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; Reign of Terror
the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; Harlem Renaissance
a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished; New Deal
the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented; Reconstruction Period
the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877; Restoration
the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685; Great Depression
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; antiquity
the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe; golden age
any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness; Jazz Age
the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism; reign
the period during which a monarch is sovereign; turn of the century
the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century

Type of:: epoch, era
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

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