Age

Definition: Age

Age

Noun

1. How long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age".

2. A historic period; "we live in a litigious age".

3. A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld".

4. 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".

5. A prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years".

Verb

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!".

3. Make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously".

Date "age" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Age \Age\ ([=a]j), noun. [Old French aage, eage, French [^a]ge, from Latin aetas through a supposed Late Latin aetaticum. Latin aetas is contracted from aevitas, from aevum lifetime, age; akin to English aye ever. Compare to Each.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Age

Domain	Definition
Satire	AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
19th Century Satire	Something to brag about in your wine-cellar and forget in a birth-day book. The boast of an old vintage, the bug a boo of an old maid. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Aerospace	(Abbreviation) = aerospace ground equipment. See GSE. (references)
Bible	Age used to denote the period of a man's life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph. 2:7; 3:5, 21; Col. 1:26). Respect to be shown to the aged (Lev. 19:32). It is a blessing to communities when they have old men among them (Isa. 65:20; Zech. 8:4). The aged supposed to excel in understanding (Job 12:20; 15:10; 32:4, 9; 1 Kings 12:6, 8). A full age the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Gen. 15:15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Census	Age is generally derived from date of birth information, and is based on the age of the person in complete years. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of age, portends failures in any kind of undertaking. To dream of your own age, indicates that perversity of opinion will bring down upon you the indignation of relatives. For a young woman to dream of being accused of being older than she is, denotes that she will fall into bad companionship, and her denial of stated things will be brought to scorn. To see herself looking aged, intimates possible sickness, or unsatisfactory ventures. If it is her lover she sees aged, she will be in danger of losing him. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Food & Agriculture	A)the mean age of the trees constituting a of a forest, crop or stand. In practice, in even-aged forests, the mean age of dominant and sometimes also co-dominant trees is taken, and the age of a plantation is generally taken, from the year in which it was formed, i. e. exclusive of the age of the nursery stock then brought to it; b)of a tree, the time elapsed since germination of the seed, or the budding of e. g. the sprout or cutting from which it developed. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	Time elapsed from the beginning of birth or birth of an object or a being to any given time; in a living individual, measured in years; the latter part of life. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. The formal geochronologic unit of lowest rank, below epoch, during which the rocks of the corresponding stage were formed b. A term used informally to designate a length of geologic time during which the rocks of any stratigraphic unit were formed c. A division of time of unspecified duration in the history of the Earth, characterized by a dominant or important type of life form; e.g., the age of mammals d. The time during which a particular geologic event or series of events occurred or was marked by special physical conditions; e.g., the age of mammals. (references)
Statistics	The injured worker's age(at last birthday), in years, at the time of the occurrence. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
AGE	English	Amarillo Grain Exchange	Food & Agriculture
AGE	French	Analyse des gaz émis	Chemical Industry, Meteorology & Standards
AGE	Italian	Acido grasso essenziale	Chemistry, Medicine
AGE	Portuguese	Acordo Geral sobre o Empréstimo	N/A
AGE	Spanish	Acuerdo General de Empréstito	Finance
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Period	Noun: period, age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation; epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon.
Time	Era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade; (period); moment; (instant).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Behold, the dawn of a new age. My mutant plants have the strength of the deadliest animals (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) When I was your age, I flipped burgers just to be able to buy an eight-track (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Her eyes alone told the story of her age, staring out from under her doll-like curls, with a questioning that will one day need an answer (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Two of them were killers that never made it past the age of 35. The other is a non-practicing attorney, living within the pain of his past, too afraid to let go, finding reassurance instead of confronting its horror (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)
Lyrics	My friends say I should act my age (What's My Age Again?; performing artist: Blink-182) The age is 20, I'm from the south (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited) My love won't age at all (I Swear; performing artist: All-4-One) Age to age you're still the same ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) But why in spite of our age difference do I cry (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)
Clever	Age is important only if you're cheese and wine. (references; author: unknown) If things get better with age, I'm approaching magnificent! (references; author: unknown) A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. (references; author: unknown) You've reached middle age when the phone rings on Saturday night you pray it isn't for you. (references; author: unknown) Middle age starts when you have been warned to slow down, not by a motorcycle cop, but by your doctor. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Ice Age (2002) Age of Consent (1969) Cynthia 30 Is a Dangerous Age (1968) The Early Years NBC White Paper: The Age of Kennedy - Part I (1966) A Man in His Best Age (1966)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant Garde (reference) Averting the Old Age Crisis (reference) The World to Come: The Guides' Long-Awaited Predictions for the Dawning Age (reference) The Awkward Age (reference) Glorious Age in Africa: The Story of 3 Great African Empires (Awp Young Readers Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Advertising Age (reference) Age - Daily & Sunday (reference) Age Concern Information Circular (reference) Age Et Nutrition (reference) Age News (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Ice Age (reference) The Golden Age of Leather Vol.1 - Hell's Angels 69/The Losers (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Military Music From the Age of Reason (reference) Age of Reason [IMPORT] (reference) Dark Age of Camelot: A Musical Journey Through the Realms of Hibernia, Midgard and Albion [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Bernstein: Jeremiah's Symphony And The Age Of Anxiety (reference) The Age of Asparagus (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Age of Mythology (reference) Age of Mythology Special Edition (reference) Dark Age of Camelot Expansion: Shrouded Isles (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).		A 9 year-old white child is pictured here in a home setting chatting with her mother. The girl is a long-term survivor of massive abdominal surgery at age 3 for neuroblastoma. She is presently disease-free. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	Map showing incidence of H. influenzae non-type b invasive disease among children <5 years of age, per 100,000 population, United States, 1996. Credit: CDC.		Bar graph showing AIDS cases by age and sex, reported 1981-1996, United States. Credit: CDC.
	New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA.		On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA.
	Extensive wetlands lie near the town of Yellowknife, near the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada. The shallow lakes seen in this image have formed in grooves in the landscape that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Credit: NASA.		Preparing to pull tooth of large sedated polar bear - Ursus maritimus. Bears were measured and tagged for future study. Teeth were pulled to study age and general health of bears. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).
	George Davidson In middle age. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Scientist obtaining otolith (ear bone) for age determination. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"Meeting of the ages outside of" by Chuck Reynolds Commentary: "An older lady talking with a middle age guy outside of Starbucks in Beverly Hills, california, waiting for the bus."	"Baby_lily 4" by archgimp Commentary: "People said they wanted some pix of babies - so here's some early ones of my lily - now age 11 days old."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	A new age style excerpt featuring a digital bass, percussion, and piano.		A new age, world music style piece with synthesizers and bamboo flute.
	New age pop style tune typical of the early 1980's.		Thick synthesized texture with guitar playing in a new age or world music style.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Amos Bronson Alcott	The surest sign of age is loneliness.
Ben Johnson	Talking is the disease of age.
Francis Bacon	Age will not be defied.
George Burns	At my age flowers scare me.
Henri Estienne	If youth but knew; if age but could.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	All diseases run into one. Old age.
Sarah Orne Jewett	Wrecked on the lee shore of age.
Sophocles	No falsehood lingers on into old age.
William Hazlitt	The worst old age is that of the mind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference)
John Locke	1690	If such a state of reason, such an age of discretion made him free, the same shall make his son free too. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Constitution	1791	Clause 3: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. (reference)
Amendment to US Constitution	1795-1996	But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	All are instruments of labour, more or less expensive to use, according to their age and sex. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Employment of children: (a) Minimum age of employment; (b) During the night; (c) In unhealthy processes. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	The dark ages may return, the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
United Nations	1948	Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. (reference)
John F. Kennedy	1961	To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective--to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak--and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	What is passable in youth is detestable in later age.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Think of some other man, the same age as this poor wretch
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	But we perhaps exaggerate the grey or sable tinge, which undoubtedly characterised the mood and manners of the age.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Beyond the five or six great exceptions, which are the wonder of their age, contemporary admiration is nothing but shortsightedness
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	For ever! For all eternity! Not for a year or for an age but for ever
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Weigh it but with the grossness of this age, You break not sanctuary in seizing him.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Al knew that even he had inspired some admiration among boys of his own age because his brother had killed a man.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I desired that the senate of Rome might appear before me in one large chamber, and an assembly of somewhat a latter age in counterview in another
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost
Measure for Measure	William Shakespeare	Thou hast nor youth nor age, but, as it were, an after-diner's sleep, dreaming on both
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Affects all age groups. (references)
		Her age was unusual, however. (references)
		Age is not taken into account. (references)
Business		This trend is observed for all adult age groups. (references)
		The age group 65-79 is the most frequent listeners. (references)
		Interestingly, consumers of all age groups purchase via mail order. (references)
Children	Dominica	The age of consent for sexual relations is 16 years. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	By age 9, most children are segregated by sex in school. (references)
	Uganda	LDU's may recruit children under the age of 18 with parental consent. (references)
Civil Liberties	Saint Lucia	A second male, age 34, was arrested a day later. (references)
	Algeria	Islam does not recognize conversion to other faiths at any age. (references)
	Ghana	It was reported that 155 children up to age 5 received the vaccine. (references)
Discrimination	Hong Kong	The Committee also urged Hong Kong to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and age. (references)
	Tanzania	Discrimination based on sex, age, or disability is not prohibited specifically by law but is discouraged publicly in official statements. (references)
	Hong Kong	Human rights groups continued to call for laws specifically targeting, among other problems, public or private discrimination based on race and age. (references)
Economic History	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Years compulsory--up to age 15. (references)
	Uk	The latter is mandatory until age 16. (references)
	Fiji	Age structure: 33% under 15, 4% over 65. (references)
Human Rights	Hungary	The retirement age of the Constitutional Court judges is 70 years. (references)
	Malaysia	Male criminals age 50 and above and women are exempted from caning. (references)
	Macedonia	The group included women, children, and the elderly as well as males of fighting age. (references)
Indigenous People	Dominica	Carib Indians over the age of 18 who reside there are eligible to vote for the Chief and eight members of the Council of Advisors. (references)
	Mexico	The 2000 census lists the total indigenous population as 8.65 million: 6.8 million native indigenous dialect speakers over 5 years of age, 1.3 million children under 5 who live in households of native indigenous dialect speakers, and 1.1 million individuals who identified themselves as indigenous, but do not speak an indigenous dialect. (references)
Minorities	Romania	Illiteracy among Roma over 45 years of age approaches 30 percent. (references)
Political Economy	COSTA RICA	Laws prohibit forced and bonded labor and establish age limitations. (references)
	Western Sahara	Regulations on the minimum age of employment are the same as in Morocco. (references)
	SWEDEN	Employees under age 18 may work only during daytime and under supervision. (references)
Political Rights	Jordan	The voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 years. (references)
	Uganda	Universal suffrage is accorded to adults 18 years of age and older. (references)
	Samoa	Matai are selected by family agreement; there is no age qualification. (references)
Trade	Burma	Although regulations set a minimum employment age and wage, and maximum work hours, these are not uniformly observed, especially in private factories and other establishments. (references)
	Pakistan	Items on the "negative" list include: translations of the Holy Koran without Arabic text; goods bearing words or inscriptions of a religious connotation; obscene pictures, writings, or inscriptions; horror comics; obscene, subversive and anti-Islamic literature; products and by-products of pigs, hogs, boars, or swine; fireworks; tanks and armored vehicles; artillery weapons; revolvers and pistols of prohibited bores; parlor games; gambling equipment; sculptures, worked ivory, alcoholic beverages, hazardous wastes, rollable scrap, woven fabrics of cotton, woven fabrics of synthetic stable fibers, carpets and other floor coverings, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, bed linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, tarpaulin and tents, curtains and other furnishing articles and antiques exceeding one hundred years in age. (references)
Travel	Finland	The cost to rent an apartment varies depending on the size, age, condition and location. (references)
Women	Kenya	FGM usually is performed at an early age. (references)
	Singapore	Sexual intercourse with girls under the age of 16 is illegal. (references)
	Malawi	Male literacy in the same age group is approximately 45 percent. (references)
Worker Rights	Guinea	Apprentices may start to work at 14 years of age. (references)
	Taiwan	County and city labor bureaus enforce minimum age laws. (references)
	Belarus	The law establishes 16 as the minimum age for employment. (references)

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Art Linkletter	I'm very happy. I'm doing what I love to do. I have finally reached the age where I realize that while I might not be the brightest guy in the room, I probably have more wisdom than the rest of them.
Bob Barker	We really should. At my age, to be doing something that I thoroughly enjoy and being well paid for it, I'm blessed.
Dennis Miller	I've always been sympathetic to women's dilemmas because, coming of age in the seventies, I quickly caught on that women wanted it all.
John McCain	I think he's fine. Those are really routine. Almost all of us who reach, you know, a certain age those things come out, because we were so much exposed to the sun when we were children, and that's an extremely minor thing.
Mariane Pearl	Well, that's what I was doing. And then we went back to a hotel and put the TV on and saw like in the middle age there and we saw the first just collapse like in front of us. It was pretty real. That's how we found out.
Prince Albert of Monaco	Yeah, yeah. You know, sometimes the press says, oh, I'm closer to Stephanie because I'm closer in age, or that I spend more time with her. But I'm equally close to Caroline as I am to Stephanie.
Rush Limbaugh	That age of civility is over.
Sela Ward	That's right, Roland Emmerich directed, and I just finished my work on it actually in Montreal and it should be one of those big, big interesting movies. The Ice Age comes to Manhattan.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	Such is the spectacle which the deputed authorities of a nation boasting its religion and morality have not been restrained from presenting to an enlightened age.
James Monroe	1817-1825	The combination in Florida for the unlawful purposes stated, the acts perpetrated by that combination, and, above all, the incitement of the Indians to massacre our fellow citizens of every age and of both sexes, merited a like treatment and received it.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	For in that body rests the best hope of our age for the assertion of that law by which all nations may live in dignity.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Today it is feeding one out of every four school age children in Latin America an extra food ration from our farm surplus.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	We all face sickness someday, and some more often than we wish, and old age as well.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	In a nuclear age, each of us is threatened when peace is not secured everywhere.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	It's the most hopeful possibility of the nuclear age.
George Bush	1989-1993	Well, we're going to have to set the economy free, for if this age of miracles and wonders has taught us anything, it's that if we can change the world, we can change America.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	All our people, of whatever age, must have a chance to learn new skills.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.9%	21,758	412
Noun (proper)	0.05%	11	106,044
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.03%	6	143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.02%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	21,780	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Age	Last name	170	53,176
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "age".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Bul	N/A	Biblical	Old age
Cnidus	N/A	Biblical	Age
Kedemoth	N/A	Biblical	Old age
Kish	N/A	Biblical	For age
Obal	N/A	Biblical	Inconvenience of old age
Sabeans	N/A	Biblical	Old age
Sabtah	N/A	Biblical	Old age
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "age": a dog's age ♦ a green old age ♦ a man of middle age ♦ above an age ♦ absolute age ♦ actual age ♦ adult age ♦ advanced age ♦ advanced for his age ♦ age admitted ♦ age attained ♦ age bracket ♦ age class ♦ age dependency ratio ♦ age difference ♦ Age Distribution ♦ age equation ♦ Age Factors ♦ age group ♦ Age Groups ♦ age hardening ♦ age last birthday ♦ age limit ♦ age long ♦ age norm ♦ Age of a tide ♦ Age of coal plants ♦ Age of consent ♦ age of discretion ♦ age of enlightenment ♦ Age of Fishes ♦ Age of gold ♦ Age of invertebrates ♦ age of majority ♦ Age of mammals ♦ age of Man ♦ age of moon ♦ Age of Onset ♦ age of puberty ♦ age of reason ♦ age of Reptiles ♦ age of road vehicle ♦ age of the tide ♦ age of the victim ♦ age of youth ♦ age pyramid ♦ age somewhat ♦ anatomical age ♦ anticipated old age pension ♦ at an early age ♦ at such a tender age ♦ at the age of ♦ atomic age ♦ attain the age of eighteen ♦ Augustan age ♦ average age ♦ average age of the pupils ♦ awkward age ♦ azoic age ♦ be age ♦ be of age ♦ be on the age of ♦ be over age ♦ be under age ♦ bear one's age well ♦ behind the age ♦ bone age ♦ Brazen age ♦ bronze age ♦ bronze age man ♦ Carboniferous age ♦ certificate of completion of egb course at age 14 ♦ child under school age ♦ children of school age ♦ chronological age ♦ come of age ♦ coming of age ♦ complaints of old age ♦ computer age ♦ coon's age ♦ dark age ♦ declining age ♦ defiant age ♦ developmental age ♦ Devonian age ♦ disparity in age ♦ disproportion in age ♦ dog's age ♦ drinking age ♦ elizabethan age ♦ Eolithic Age ♦ exact age ♦ Fabulous age ♦ feel one's age ♦ fertilization age ♦ fetal age ♦ Flint age ♦ Full age ♦ Gestational Age ♦ get a middle age ♦ golden age. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "age": Age-adjusted, age-appropriate, age-associated, age-band, age-barred, age-barrier, age-based, age-blackened, age-bound, age-bump, age-by-sex, age-changes, age-class, age-companion, age-corrected, age-dependent, age-diameter, age-difference, age-discrimination, age-free, age-gap, age-graded, age-grades, age-grading, age-group, age-groupings, age-groups, age-harden, age-hardened, age-heaping, age-hold, age-inappropriate, age-incidence, age-life, age-limit, age-limits, age-linked, age-long, age-match, age-matched, age-mate, age-mates, age-migration, age-mixed, age-mottled, age-of-acquisition, age-of-consent, age-old, age-or, age-participation, age-peers, age-phase, age-range, age-regressed, age-regression, age-related, age-relations, age-restrictive, age-roles, age-scale, age-selective, age-set, age-sets, age-sex, age-sex, age-shifting, age-span, age-specific, age-specification, age-specificity, age-spots, age-standardised, age-structure, age-structured, age-swap, age-type, age-types, age-weighted, age-well, age-wise, age-worn.
	Ending with "age": all-age, bronze-age, coming-of-age, ice-age, Iron-age, jet-age, late-age, new-age, old-age, over-age, space-age, stone-age, teen-age, under-age, working-age.
	Containing "age": inter-age-group, old-age care, old-age insurance, old-age-oriented, small-for-gestational-age infant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
age of empire	6,344	age of king	286
new age	4,535	ice age movie	282
age of mythology	2,807	the age	265
queens of the stone age	2,535	ag

Age

Definition: Age

Age

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Specialty Definition: Age

Specialty Definition: Age

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Age

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Synonyms within Context: Age

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Crosswords: Age

Modern Usage: Age

Screenplays

Lyrics

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Books

Periodicals

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Sounds Captioned with "Age".

Familiar Quotations: Age

Amos Bronson Alcott

Ben Johnson

Francis Bacon

George Burns

Henri Estienne

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sarah Orne Jewett

Sophocles

William Hazlitt

Historic Usage: Age

Magna Carta

John Locke

US Constitution

Amendment to US Constitution

Communist Manifesto

Treaty of Versailles

Winston S. Churchill

United Nations

Brown v. Board of Education

John F. Kennedy

Use in Literature: Age

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare

Non-Fiction Usage: Age

Photos:
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