age
/eɪdʒ/
noun
- The number of years someone has lived or something has existed.
- At what age do children start school in your country?
- The age of the building is over 100 years.
- She is 30 years of age.
- A particular period of history, often named after an important feature or event.
- We live in the digital age.
- The Stone Age lasted for thousands of years.
- Many inventions came during the Industrial Age.
- A long period of time.
- It took an age for the bus to arrive.
- I haven't seen you in ages!
- The project seemed to go on for ages.
- The state of being old.
- His face showed signs of age.
- The wine improves with age.
- Age has given her wisdom.
Antonyms
verb
- To become older or to cause something to appear older.
- Stress can age a person quickly.
- The sun has aged the paint on the house.
- People age at different rates.
- To allow something, such as wine or cheese, to develop flavor over time.
- The cheese is aged for six months.
- They age the whiskey in oak barrels.
- This wine has been aged for ten years.