meaning of age
1. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
2. That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
3. The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
4. One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
5. Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
6. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
7. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
8. A great period in the history of the Earth.
9. A century; the period of one hundred years.
10. The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
11. A long time.
12. To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
13. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
14. how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its
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