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English Idioms :: age
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age - See: ACT ONE'S AGE or BE ONE'S AGE, DOG'S AGE or COON'S AGE, LEGAL AGE or LAWFUL AGE, OF AGE, OVER AGE, UNDER AGE. |
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Traditional English :: age
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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 answer; have been waiting for ages). b a distinct period of the past (golden age; Bronze age; Middle Ages). c Geol. a period of time. d a generation.
3 the latter part of life; old age (the peevishness of age). --v. (pres. part. ageing, aging)
1 intr. show signs of advancing age (has aged a lot recently).
2 intr. grow old.
3 intr. mature.
4 tr. cause or allow to age. age-long lasting for a very long time. age of consent see CONSENT . age of discretion see DISCRETION . age-old having existed for a very long time. come of age reach adult status (esp. in Law at 18, formerly 21). over age 1 old enough.
2 too old. under age not old enough, esp. not yet of adult status. [ME f. OF ult. f. L aetas -atis age] |
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Related Words
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Most Often Usage
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New Age
new age spirituality
new age gift
new age jewelry
new age music
new age religion
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zelda oracle of age
legend of zelda oracle of age
age of empire 2
whats my age again
blink 182 whats my age again
queens of the stone age
golden age
age of mythology serial
age of enlightenment
age of mythology cheat
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