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UK
/ˈeɪdʒ/
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[ US /ˈeɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈeɪdʒ/ ]
VERB
-
make older
The death of his child aged him tremendously -
grow old or older
She aged gracefully
we age every day--what a depressing thought!
Young men senesce -
begin to seem older; get older
The death of his wife caused him to age fast
NOUN
-
an era of history having some distinctive feature
we live in a litigious age -
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
she was now of school age
tall for his eld -
a late time of life
on the brink of geezerhood
age hasn't slowed him down at all
old age is not for sissies
he's showing his years
a beard white with eld -
a prolonged period of time
I haven't been there for years and years
we've known each other for ages -
how long something has existed
it was replaced because of its age
How To Use age In A Sentence
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes. Michael Kurcfeld: Doing Shots: The Old and the New at Paris Photo 2011 (VIDEO)
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
- Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
- It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
- Sodium thiopental was used by most U.S. states as part of a lethal injection combination, but many have switched to an alternative drug called pentobarbital amid an ongoing shortage. The Seattle Times
- In the forecabins, the head and shower is located forward and has a large mirrored vanity with ample storage below.
- A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
- Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
