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Meaning of age

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  age
      n 1: how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of
           its age"
      2: an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live
         in a litigious age" [syn: {historic period}, {age}]
      3: a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some
         particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of
         school age"; "tall for his eld" [syn: {age}, {eld}]
      4: a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for
         ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" [syn: {long
         time}, {age}, {years}]
      5: a late time of life; "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" [syn:
         {old age}, {years}, {age}, {eld}, {geezerhood}]
      v 1: begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife
           caused him to age fast"
      2: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--
         what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn:
         {senesce}, {age}, {get on}, {mature}, {maturate}]
      3: make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
         [ant: {rejuvenate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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