English noun: age | |||
1. | age (attribute) how long something has existed | ||
Samples | It was replaced because of its age. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bone age, chronological age, developmental age, fertilization age, fetal age, gestational age, mental age, newness, oldness, oldness, youngness | ||
Attribute | immature, immature, mature, new, old, old, young | ||
2. | age (time) an era of history having some distinctive feature | ||
Samples | We live in a litigious age. | ||
Synonyms | historic period | ||
Broader (hypernym) | epoch, era | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antiquity, golden age, Jazz Age, reign, turn of the century | ||
Instance hyponym | 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 | ||
Part meronym | history | ||
3. | age (time) a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | ||
Samples | She was now of school age. Tall for his eld. | ||
Synonyms | eld | ||
Broader (hypernym) | time of life | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | age of consent, drinking age, legal age, majority, minority, nonage, voting age | ||
Part meronym | life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime | ||
4. | age (time) a prolonged period of time | ||
Samples | We've known each other for ages. I haven't been there for years and years. | ||
Synonyms | long time, years | ||
Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aeon, blue moon, eon, month of Sundays, year dot | ||
5. | age (time) a late time of life | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | eld, geezerhood, old age, years | ||
Broader (hypernym) | time of life | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dotage, second childhood, senility | ||
Part holonym | eighties, mid-eighties, mid-nineties, mid-seventies, mid-sixties, nineties, seventies, sixties | ||
English verb: age | |||
1. | age (change) begin to seem older; get older | ||
Samples | The death of his wife caused him to age fast. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue age | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
2. | age (change) grow old or older | ||
Samples | She aged gracefully. We age every day--what a depressing thought!. Young men senesce. | ||
Synonyms | get on, maturate, mature, senesce | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dote, fossilise, fossilize, turn | ||
3. | age (change) make older | ||
Samples | The death of his child aged him tremendously. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Cause | age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce | ||
Antonyms | rejuvenate | ||