age

Definitions

1. noun

   How long someone has lived or something has existed.

   Examples

   • What is the age of your oldest child?
   • What were their ages when they married?
2. noun

   The later part of life.

   Examples

   • His hands shook with age.
   • Wisdom does not always come with age.
   ≈old age≈dotage≈senility≈seniority≈age +16 more
3. noun

   A stage of life.

   Examples

   • Childhood is the age of play.
   • The teen years are the age of change.
4. noun

   The point in life when you get a legal right or power.

   Examples

   • The age of consent differs from country to country.
   • He reached the age of discretion.
5. noun

   The point when you are an adult with full rights.

   Examples

   • She came of age last year.
   • He is now of age to vote.
   ≈majority≈adulthood
6. noun

   A period in history.

   Examples

   • It was the golden age of cinema.
   • People still talk about the age of steam.
   ≈epoch≈time≈era≈age≈cycle +9 more
7. noun

   The time when a person or thing was alive.

   Examples

   • The statue is from the age of Pericles.
   • The dinosaurs lived in a different age.
   ≈epoch≈time≈era≈age≈cycle +9 more
8. noun

   A long period in the history of the Earth.

   Examples

   • The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age.
   • Fossils from the Ice Age were found in the cave.
   ≈epoch≈time≈era≈age≈cycle +9 more
9. noun

   In geology, a short division of Earth's history.

   Examples

   • The Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic.
   • Geologists split the epoch into several ages.
   ≈epoch≈time≈era≈age≈cycle +9 more
10. noun

    In astrology, a period of about two thousand years.

    Examples

    • Some people say we are living in the age of Aquarius.
    • Astrologers debate when the age of Pisces began.