OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1351

age

/eɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
edad • etario • generación
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)
"What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)
What were their ages at the time of their marriage?
tercera edad
The state of being old; the latter part of life.
Feel awfully about Scott... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood. The minute he felt y…
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
edad
Any particular stage of life.
the age of infancy
mayoría
Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
to come of age; she is now of age
era • época
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age.
edad • edades
A long time.
It’s been an age since we last saw you.
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