See Also: jog 2, noun(dictionary)
sip 2, noun(dictionary)
tow 2, noun(dictionary)
jab 2, noun(dictionary)
pal 1, noun(dictionary)
sit-down 2, noun(dictionary)
tot 1, noun(dictionary)
pan 1, noun(dictionary)
top 1, noun(dictionary)
bop 2, noun(dictionary)

age 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?how old?
2 ?legal age?
3 ?period of life?
4 ?being old?
5 ?period of history?
6 ages
7 come of age
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[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: aage, from Vulgar Latin aetaticum, from Latin aetas, from aevum 'lifetime, age']
?HOW OLD?
[U and C] the number of years someone has lived or something has existed
::Francis is the same age as me.
::Experts disagree over the age of the drawings.
::Dad retired at the age of 56.
at age 5/18 etc
::In Britain, schooling starts at age 5.
4/15 etc years of age
(=4, 15 etc years old)
::She was just over 16 years of age.
at my/your etc age
(=when you are as old as me etc)
::At my age, it's quite difficult getting up stairs.
at/from an early age
(=at or from the time when someone is very young)
::girls who become mothers at an early age
over/under the age of 5/18 etc
::people over the age of 65
of his/her etc own age
(=of the same age as him, her etc)
::Kids need friends of their own age to play with.
for his/her etc age
(=compared with other people of the same age)
::She's tall for her age, isn't she?
act your age
(=behave in a way that is suitable for how old you are)
::It's time you started acting your age, Jeff.
::My mother reached the age of 90 (=lived until she was 90) .
::children ranging in age from 6 to 17
?LEGAL AGE?
[U] the age when you are legally old enough to do something
::What's the minimum age for getting a driver's license?
::You're not allowed to buy alcohol. You're under age (=too young by law) .
retirement/pension age
(=when you are old enough to stop working or receive a pension)
::the normal retirement age of 65
?PERIOD OF LIFE?
[U and C] one of the particular periods of someone's life
-see also old age old age, middle age middle age, teenage teenage
::women of childbearing age
a difficult/awkward age
::The early teens are often a difficult age.
?BEING OLD?
[U] the state of being old
with age
::High blood pressure increases with age.
::Some of the furniture was showing signs of age .
?PERIOD OF HISTORY?
[C usually singular] a particular period of history
::We are living in the age of technology.
::Molecular biology is pushing medicine into a new age .
the computer/industrial/nuclear etc age
-see also in this day and age at day (6), Bronze Age , Iron Age , Middle Ages , Stone Age
ages [plural] also an age
informal especially BrE a long time
::Simon! I haven't seen you for ages .
::That recipe takes ages .
it's ages since/before/until etc sth
::It's ages since we've played that game.
come of age
a) to reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult
b) if something comes of age, it reaches a stage of development at which people accept it as being important, valuable etc
::During this period the movies really came of age as an art form.
-see also New Age 1 , new age 2