See also: Age, -age, âge, âgé, and äge



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From Middle English age, from Anglo-Norman age, from Old French aage, eage (Modern French âge), from assumed unattested Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetātem, accusative form of aetās, from aevum ‎(lifetime). Displaced native Middle English elde ‎(age) (modern eld; from Old English eldo, ieldo ‎(age)).


age ‎(plural ages)

  2. (uncountable) 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.
  3. (uncountable) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
    Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
  4. (countable) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
  5. (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
  6. (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
    the age of consent;  the age of discretion
  7. (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
    the golden age;  the age of Pericles
  8. (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
  9. (countable) A century; the period of one hundred years.
  10. The people who live at a particular period.
  11. (countable) A generation.
    There are three ages living in her house.
  12. (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
    It's been an age since we last saw you.
  13. (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.


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  1. (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
    Grief ages us.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
    Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
  3. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
    One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
  4. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
    • Holland
    • Landor
    • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, American Scientist:
    He grew fat as he aged.



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Most common English words before 1923: later · beyond · rose · #490: age · nearly · miles · real

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age m ‎(plural ages)

  1. beam
  2. shaft

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  1. rōmaji reading of あげ



From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaqV ("to make sour, to rot"). Compare Assan bar-ak ("rotten") and Arin bar-oje ("rotten").



  1. rotten

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age ‎(using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. (anatomy) face


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age m (plural ages)

  1. age

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From Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‎(eye, to see). Compare Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon and Old Dutch ōga, Old High German ouga, Old Norse auga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 ‎(augō).


āge n

  1. eye



  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: uug
  • West Frisian: each


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