age

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age
eɪdʒ Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed.
    E.g. he died from a heart attack at the age of 51
  • a distinct period of history.
    E.g. an age of technological growth
verb
  • grow old or older.
    E.g. the tiredness we feel as we age
-age
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Meanings
suffix
  • forming nouns denoting an action.
    E.g. leverage
  • forming nouns denoting denoting an aggregate or number of.
    E.g. mileage
  • forming nouns denoting a place or abode.
    E.g. vicarage

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