age
🇺🇸
/eɪdʒ/
🇬🇧
/eɪdʒ/
noun
A1
how many years someone has lived or something has existed
At what age do children start school?
B1
a very long time
I haven't seen you in ages!
B2
a specific time in someone's life
Teenage is a difficult age for many people.
B2
a period in history
We live in the digital age of technology.
B2
being old
As wine gets older with age, its flavor improves.
R
a time division in geology
The Ice Age was a cold period in Earth's history.
verb
B1
to grow older
People age as time passes.
R
to look or feel older; to make someone or something look older
Stress can make a person age faster.
R
to develop better flavor over time; to let something develop flavor
Cheese needs to age to develop its full flavor.
translation
how many years someone has lived or something has existed; a very long time; a specific time in someone's life; a period in history; being old; a time division in geology
to grow older; to look or feel older; to make someone or something look older; to develop better flavor over time; to let something develop flavor
Word Forms
Plural
ages
Progressive
ageing
Past
aged
Perfect
aged
3rd Present
ages