Engelsk ordbog
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Engelsk navneord: age | |||
| 1. | age (om egenskab) how long something has existed | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It was replaced because of its age. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | property | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bone age, chronological age, developmental age, fertilization age, fetal age, gestational age, mental age, newness, oldness, oldness, youngness | ||
| Kendetegner | immature, immature, mature, new, old, old, young | ||
| 2. | age (om tid) an era of history having some distinctive feature | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We live in a litigious age. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | historic period | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | epoch, era | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | antiquity, golden age, Jazz Age, reign, turn of the century | ||
| Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Age of Reason, Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period, Dark Ages, Depression, Elizabethan age, Enlightenment, Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, Italian Renaissance, Middle Ages, New Deal, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period, Reign of Terror, Renaissance, Renascence, Restoration, technological revolution, Victorian age | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | history | ||
| 3. | age (om tid) a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She was now of school age. Tall for his eld. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | eld | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | time of life | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | age of consent, drinking age, legal age, majority, minority, nonage, voting age | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime | ||
| 4. | age (om tid) a prolonged period of time | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We've known each other for ages. I haven't been there for years and years. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | long time, years | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | aeon, blue moon, eon, month of Sundays, year dot | ||
| 5. | age (om tid) a late time of life | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Old age is not for sissies. He's showing his years. Age hasn't slowed him down at all. A beard white with eld. On the brink of geezerhood. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | eld, geezerhood, old age, years | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | time of life | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | dotage, second childhood, senility | ||
| Omfatter disse specifikke termer | eighties, mid-eighties, mid-nineties, mid-seventies, mid-sixties, nineties, seventies, sixties | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: age | |||
| 1. | age (om ændring) begin to seem older; get older | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The death of his wife caused him to age fast. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | Sam and Sue age | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | develop | ||
| 2. | age (om ændring) grow old or older | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She aged gracefully. We age every day--what a depressing thought!. Young men senesce. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | get on, maturate, mature, senesce | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | develop | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | dote, fossilise, fossilize, turn | ||
| 3. | age (om ændring) make older | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The death of his child aged him tremendously. | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | alter, change, modify | ||
| Medfører | age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | rejuvenate | ||
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