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age
CEFRA1
/eɪd͡ʒ/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The number of years someone has lived or something has existed.
- 02
verb
To become older or make something older.
Examples
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.
You're the same age as my brother.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny particular stage of life.
The state of being old; the latter part of life.
The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)
More examples
In contextHe doesn't look his age.
We can determine the age of fossils using radiometric dating.
What were their ages at the time of their marriage?
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Origin
noun
From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“lifetime”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”). Compare French âge. Displaced native Old English ieldu. The verb is from Middle English agen, from the noun. Originally found mostly as a participial adjective, probably an adjective in -ed, derived from the noun, reanalyzed to create a verb; perhaps modeled on such pairs as Latin senēscō (seneō; verb) / senex (adjective) and Middle French vieillir (verb) / vieil (adjective). Also compare Old French se aagier, eogier (“become of age”).