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age

/eɪd͡ʒ/ noun A1
  1. The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes) (countable) · "What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)· What were their ages at the time of their marriage?
  2. The state of being old; the latter part of life. (uncountable) · Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
  3. Any particular stage of life. (countable) · the age of infancy
  4. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested. (countable) · the age of consent; the age of discretion
  5. Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities. (uncountable) · to come of age; she is now of age
  6. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. (countable) · the golden age of cinema; the first age of colonialism; a bygone age
  7. The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished. (countable, uncountable) · the age of Pericles; the age of the dinosaurs
  8. A great period in the history of the Earth. (countable) · The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age.

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He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantès was beloved by them.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 4 · C1
In fact, they seemed about as tall as Dorothy, who was a well-grown child for her age, although they were, so far as looks go, many years older.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 5 · B2
“Your age?” continued Villefort.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 60 · C1
A LION, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 12 · B2

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