- age
- n.stage of life
1) to live to, reach an age
2) an advanced, (ripe) old, venerable age (she lived to a ripe old age)
3) an early, tender, young age (at an early age; at a very young age)
4) middle age
5) (a) college; high-school (AE); preschool; school age
6) (a) retirement, retiring (BE) age
7) a legal age; the age of consent
8) at an age (at a tender age; at the age of six)
9) of an age (people of all ages)
10) (misc.) to come of age ('to reach one's majority'); to look one's age ('to not have a youthful appearance')
eraperiod11) to usher in an age (to usher in the computer age)
12) a golden; heroic age
13) the Dark; Middle ages (during the Middle ages)
14) the Bronze; Ice; Iron; nuclear; Stone age
15) in an age (in the nuclear age)
16) for ages
17) through the ages
* * *[eɪdʒ](ripe) oldStone ageheroic agenuclearpreschoolreach an ageretiring (BE) ageschool agethe age of consentto look one's age ('to not have a youthful appearance')high-school (AE)young age (at an early age; at a very young age)Middle ages (during the Middle ages)venerable age (she lived to a ripe old age)(a) college(a) retirement['stage of life'] to live toa goldena legal agean advancedan earlyfor agesmiddle agethe Bronzethe Darkthrough the ages(misc.) to come of age ('to reach one's majority')at an age (at a tender age; at the age of six)in an age (in the nuclear age)of an age (people of all ages)['era'] ['period'] to usher in an age (to usher in the computer age)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.