| NOUN | attribute | age | how long something has existed |
|---|---|---|---|
| time | age, historic period | an era of history having some distinctive feature | |
| time | age, eld | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | |
| time | age, long time, years | a prolonged period of time | |
| time | age, old age, years, eld, geezerhood | a late time of life | |
| VERB | change | age | begin to seem older |
| change | age, senesce, get on, mature, maturate | grow old or older | |
| change | age | make older |
| Sounds | ey'jh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | assuage ... wage: 25 rhymes with eyjh... | |
| Meaning | How long something has existed. | |
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| Example | "it was replaced because of its age" | |
| Attributes | immature | not yet mature |
| mature | Having reached full natural growth or development | |
| new | not of long duration | |
| old | Of long duration | |
| old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age | |
| young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth | |
| Narrower | bone age | A person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age |
| chronological age | age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed | |
| developmental age | A measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms | |
| fetal age, fertilization age, gestational age | The age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization | |
| mental age | The level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test | |
| newness | The quality of being new | |
| oldness | The quality of being old | |
| oldness | The opposite of youngness | |
| youngness | The opposite of oldness | |
| Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| Spanish | edad | |
| Catalan | edat | |
| Meaning | An era of history having some distinctive feature. | |
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| Example | "we live in a litigious age" | |
| Synonym | historic period | |
| Instances | Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period | The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe |
| Depression, Great Depression | A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide / worldwide / worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment | |
| Elizabethan age | A period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century | |
| Enlightenment, Age of Reason | A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine | |
| Harlem Renaissance | A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished | |
| Industrial Revolution, technological revolution | The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation | |
| Italian Renaissance | The early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance | |
| Middle Ages, Dark Ages | The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | |
| New Deal | The historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented | |
| Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period | The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union | |
| Reign of Terror | The historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed | |
| Renaissance, Renascence | The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world | |
| Restoration | The reign of Charles II in England | |
| Victorian age | A period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century | |
| Part of | history | The aggregate of past events |
| Narrower | Jazz Age | The 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism |
| antiquity | The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe | |
| golden age | Any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness | |
| reign | The period during which a monarch is sovereign | |
| turn of the century | The period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century | |
| Broader | era, epoch | A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event |
| Spanish | época, era, periodo histórico, período histórico | |
| Catalan | època, era, període històric | |
| Meaning | A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises. | |
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| Example | "she was now of school age" | |
| Synonym | eld | |
| Part of | life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan | The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) |
| Narrower | age of consent | The minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations |
| drinking age | The age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages | |
| majority, legal age | The age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs | |
| minority, nonage | Any age prior to the legal age | |
| voting age | The age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections | |
| Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
| Spanish | edad | |
| Catalan | edat | |
| Verbs | age | grow old or older |
| Meaning | A prolonged period of time. | |
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| Example | "we've known each other for ages" | |
| Synonyms | long time, years | |
| Narrower | blue moon | A long time |
| eon, aeon | An immeasurably long period of time | |
| month of Sundays | A time perceived as long | |
| year dot | As long ago as anyone can remember | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | años, edad, largo tiempo, mucho tiempo | |
| Catalan | anys | |
| Meaning | A late time of life. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | old age, years, eld, geezerhood | |
| Parts | eighties, mid-eighties | The time of life between 80 and 90 |
| nineties, mid-nineties | The time of life between 90 and 100 | |
| seventies, mid-seventies | The time of life between 70 and 80 | |
| sixties, mid-sixties | The time of life between 60 and 70 | |
| Narrower | dotage, second childhood, senility | mental infirmity as a consequence of old age |
| Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
| Spanish | años, edad, tercera edad, vejez | |
| Catalan | anys, edat, tercera edat, vellesa | |
| Verbs | age | grow old or older |
| age | make older | |
| Meaning | Begin to seem older; get older. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue age | |
| Example | "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" | |
| Broader | develop | Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment |
| Spanish | envejecer | |
| Catalan | envellir | |
| Meaning | Grow old or older. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | senesce, get on, mature, maturate | |
| Caused by | age | make older |
| Entailed by | mature, maturate, grow | Develop and reach maturity |
| Narrower | dote | Be foolish or senile due to old age |
| fossilize, fossilise | Become mentally inflexible | |
| turn | Become officially one year older | |
| Broader | develop | Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment |
| Spanish | envejecer, madurar | |
| Catalan | envellir, madurar | |
| Nouns | age | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises |
| age | a late time of life | |
| Meaning | make older. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The death of his child aged him tremendously" | |
| Cause to | senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate | Grow old or older |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | rejuvenate | make younger or more youthful |
| Spanish | aviejarse, aviejar, envejecerse, envejecer | |
| Catalan | envellir-se, envellir, revellir-se, revellir | |
| Nouns | age | a late time of life |
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